Scandals
Racing’s omertà
The sport closes ranks against anyone deemed an outsider — including the criminal law
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,