Sport
A return to Lord’s
Two years on from the gripping World Cup Final, there are few pops and bangs this year at Lord’s
Big game hunting
Boris Starling looks ahead to the excitement and exhilaration of the upcoming British Lions tour
Spare us the virtue-signalling hypocrisy
Footballers who take the knee are participating not in the fight against racism, but in BLM’s double standards
Cricket’s bible takes the knee
Michael Henderson says, hats off, everybody, to the troupers of the famous yellow Almanack
Match of the dull
How Match of the Day needs modernising
Rotters, rogues and Champagne moments
This book is so colourful and well told that it should interest even those who find the game of Cricket dull
Letter from Washington: In defence of American sport(s)
Would the super league have made football more American? If only.
Super League at 25: The unfinished revolution?
As Super League celebrates its 25th birthday, rugby league is further away from its founder’s vision than ever.
Murray Walker and the end of Golden Age sports commentators
Murray Walker was the last of the great sports commentators who brought us unforgettable sporting moments and catchphrases which delighted a generation
Bob Lord: butcher and visionary
Bob Lord, the chairman of Burnley FC from 1955 to 1981, had a shrewd view of how the world worked and where it was heading
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Red dawn
Following the locals, a shattered Conservative party will need to get used to losing
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
Dear Keir, get real
Instead of announcing grand new doctrines, it’s time for a very British realism
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
Crowning glory?
The coronation came and went far too quickly
Preparing for the worst
How gender critical commentators are preparing for the impact of the Hate Crime and Public Order Act
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
