Scottish Elections
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
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
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor