Racing
The Budget’s attack on racing
Gambling, which funds racing, is likely to lose around £1.6 billion a year from 2027
Why racing seems so ashamed of betting
Betting isn’t just the glue of the sport; it’s the lifeblood
Hot tips for cool days
Don’t spend it all just yet
Hope and despair
It’s difficult not to be encouraged by attendance figures over Christmas
A Boxing Day treat
It’s Boxing Day — and that means it’s the King George VI Chase at Kempton
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
Eyes on a miserly prize
It’s not just owners who are being fleeced
Racing’s shame
British racing should have nothing to do with Sheikh Mohammed
The final lap
Senna dives into the high-speed Tamburello corner and never comes out of it
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
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
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness