Prima Donna
Going for a song
In true bel canto, the only important thing is the voice, the song
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis