Referee
The eyes of the law
The argument over VAR remains unsettled
Man in the middle
Football needs more respect for referees
Jobsworths home and away
The referee is a blessed form of jobsworth
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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
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill