Olympics
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Sorry, not sorry
Sincere apologies require a shared set of values
Sheikhs on a train
Patronising foreign people, and other progressive trends
The Olympic boxing row isn’t just about sports
Men should be more sensitive towards female concerns about inequalities of strength
A new low for women’s sport
The International Olympic Committee has disgraced itself
Double Double
A man motivated by the pinnacle or nothing at all
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
The Apollo creed
Let’s get Britain going!
Old-fashioned sexism
The case of Bryony Frost reminds us what women faced before transgender athletes upset sports equality
Failing to uplift
Even when underperforming, transwoman Laurel Hubbard steals the spotlight from underprivileged women
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
A Boxing Day treat
It’s Boxing Day — and that means it’s the King George VI Chase at Kempton
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
