Rob Reiner
Can we stop insulting the dead?
In defence of a neglected taboo
Thank you Rob Reiner
Reiner’s films conveyed a moral, humanistic outlook on life
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement