Sport History
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
More than just a club
The four men who founded Aston Villa could not have imagined what would follow
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
Moving tribute to a richer time
On one tumultuous day, eleven men in strawberry-jam shirts wore crowns
The most cheerful cup
Marking the 50 anniversary of a legendary FA cup final
First lady of Lords
The first England Cricket World Cup Champions
Hold the back page
Football was once a spectacle. The grotesque Qatar World Cup reminds us of all it has become
History, fans, noise and passion
Football fans know a Proper Club when they see one
The magic of the games
The Olympics have a weird and wonderful history
Sporting life
This biography on Sir Stanley Rous and sport in the twentieth century is scholarly, balanced and well-written, says Lincoln Allison
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
Fair pay is a fiction
Public sector workers are chasing a fantasy
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
