Rugby League
Does rugby league have a gambling problem?
As Betfred takes control of rugby league sponsorship, has the sport backed the right horse?
Can Channel 4 shake-up Super League?
The relationship between rugby league and television has never been easy. Now it’s Channel 4s turn to shake things up
Robert the Lionheart
Rob Burrow approaches MND like he did Rugby League: with bravery and without fear
Uncertain times in Labour’s rugby league heartlands
The Labour Party and Rugby League have been central to the lives of working-class people in Batley for over a century. But for how much longer?
Super League at 25: The unfinished revolution?
As Super League celebrates its 25th birthday, rugby league is further away from its founder’s vision than ever.
Class matters: why rugby league players don’t receive knighthoods
Despite a mass public campaign, Kevin Sinfield hasn’t received a knighthood this year. It comes as no surprise to rugby league fans
The lost world of Rugby League
A new book celebrates 125 years of rugby league but shines a light on a world that the sport has left behind
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
The death of Britannia Agoraia
Deindustrialisation has done damage even beyond the realms of economics
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
How the West fell out of love with mass migration
Restrictionist opinion is breaking through the establishment cordon sanitaire
