Olympics
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
Too big to fail
It would have been better for Simone Biles if we’d just accepted her defeat
The magic of the games
The Olympics have a weird and wonderful history
Breaking the Knee
The story of a man who once held his hand to the Olympic fire
Every sport is male sport
Focussing on Laurel Hubbard hides the scores of men dominating women’s sport
Pandemic Olympiad
The Tokyo games will be an uncomfortable charade
His race is run
ASH Smyth remembers Ben Cross, Harold Abrahams, and the impact Chariots of Fire had on his 10-year-old self
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
The establishment prefers distractions to solutions
Politicians discuss irrelevances rather than confronting the obvious
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
The 15-minute bait and switch
15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
Murders for March
Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
Healers who harm
Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up by Abigail Shrier
