Royal Ascot
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
A Royal good time
Racing brings the country together in a convulsion of delirious democracy
Armchair punter
Home comforts are preferable to enduring the expense and discomfort of the racecourse
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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
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
A new course for Cuba
The United States should give up its futile and arrogant dreams of regime change
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent