Sport History
Beyond the boundary
Can art reflect a nation’s spirit through its depictions of one of its favourite games?
The Golden Age of jockeys
Ryan Moore is most racing professionals’ idea of the best jockey in the world
The final test
Jimmy Anderson has trotted up to the wicket 39,877 times in a Test match
Cricket’s triple threat
Some have the granddaddy knack
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Shock of the new
There is a difference between innovation and a gimmick
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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game