Sport
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
The Supreme Court must protect women’s sports
Two landmark cases could change international attitudes towards sex and gender
The future of girls’ and women’s sports is being decided in the US
Two cases being considered by the United States Supreme Court will be pivotal
Cross is boss
Introducing the very Belgian sport of Cyclocross
Bazball and the perils of “year zero” thinking
In cricket, as in politics, it is always wrong to dismiss past experience
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire