Pundits
Boxing clever
Racing has far better TV pundits than football
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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
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord