Sherlock
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
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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
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation