Roger Federer
Simply the best
It is not just trophies and success that mark out Federer, but grace, personality and charm
A shapeless, moving, end in itself
So entropic is Geoff Dyer’s latest that the reader seeks desperately for structure
Those we love, and those we love to hate
Sweet dreams are made of this
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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education