Premier League
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
Man in the middle
Football needs more respect for referees
Ins and outs of Europe
Do Premier League clubs join in something their own fans hate?
Messi to Aston Villa?
The joyous anarchy of football transfer gossip
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
Death throes of a dictatorship?
Amid war and discontent, military rule in Myanmar is faltering
He’ll never let the old flag fall
Lee Anderson will never stand for insult, especially the insult of never being invited round for dinner
Britain must develop economic resilience
The Houthis have exposed our devastating economic insecurity
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
Save this perfect Welsh building
The Church Institute and Churchmen’s Club at Llanfairfechan need, and deserve, to be preserved
Britons need real ownership, not feudal leaseholds
We should shake up an outdated and restrictive system that offers a simulation of property ownership
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
The shadowy economics of fentanyl
One professor is investigating how the deadly drug trade works — and how it might be fought
