Running
The gang of four
Remembering a classic British race
Man with the van
Thomas Woodham-Smith on the trade’s true mavericks
The end of the road
Nick Cohen has adopted a new workout: wrestling with a novel
The talk of the track
Nick Cohen compiles a phrase book for neophyte runners
The sin of pride
Nick Cohen blames testosterone for his latest sports injury
Glorious mud
Nick Cohen is badly bitten by the cross-country bug
Silence of the fans
Nick Cohen says silent sport needs crowds to give it meaning
Scrapping for space
Nick Cohen says hamfisted Covid road closures are dividing opinion
The Gentleman’s Marathon
ASH Smyth recounts his one experience of ‘running’ 26.2 miles
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
The big winner of recent opinion polling is despair
As we approach the next election, few people are optimistic about Sunak or Starmer
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
