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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values