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?
Counting Covid costs
We need a broad perspective of Britain’s pandemic failures
Sue her
A mad week of misgendering, arson, and Wetherspoons coming out
Embracing the quiet life
Keir Starmer takes a vow of public service and perpetual dogmatic silence
Speak loudly, and carry a small stick
The Tory Party under Rishi Sunak has been all bark and no bite
Christians are still being persecuted in Egypt
We should stand in defence of a beleaguered minority
This was a bad start to the week
More work for the BBC pronunciation unit
Seasonal style
Picking the right outfit for summer socials
A short guide to voting in the general election
From Gorgeous George to the Newark Chainsaw Massacre, the Critic brings you a selectively exhaustive guide to the parties running in 2024
Steering clear of titfer tat
We now are seeing the first flowering of a head-dress renaissance
The blunders that restored the Crown
The Fall: Last Days of the English Republic by Henry Reece
Poland’s border crisis belongs to the rest of Europe too
A soldier’s tragic death has exacerbated tensions on the border with Belarus
