Rugby
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
Team players
Why are some athletes better in teams than on their own?
Sport’s spoilsports
Sport should keep video officiating to a minimum
Rugby’s mismatches
Should the World Cup be smaller?
J’adore les bleus
Antoine Dupont makes the game look easy
The people’s captain
What our politics can learn from Kevin Sinfield
An inspired cheat
Admiring William Webb Ellis’s “fine disregard for the rules”
Can we save rugby?
Will rugby recover from financial and physical injuries?
Rugger’s buggered
The more money has come into rugby, the more dismal the spectacle has become
Does rugby league have a gambling problem?
As Betfred takes control of rugby league sponsorship, has the sport backed the right horse?
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
