Sport
King of the clay court
On the red clay of Stade Roland Garros, Nadal is God
Musical scores
Great passages of play evoke great music
Are U.S. sports actually superior to ours?
Sport is another thing to confirm the notion of American exceptionalism
Pipe down and play up
We need more silence in sport
Tortured hero of the Giro
The Italian rapscallion
Those we love, and those we love to hate
Sweet dreams are made of this
Payton’s place as an icon
Sweet dreams are made of this
Bowling Warney
The King of Spin proved himself a custodian of the game long ago, on a summer’s day in Croydon
Hymns and arias
Fierce rivalries in a shared sport
Can Channel 4 shake-up Super League?
The relationship between rugby league and television has never been easy. Now it’s Channel 4s turn to shake things up
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Zackonomics is incoherent and outdated
Zack Polanski is a great political entrepreneur but he is terrible at economics
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Has Donald Trump saved Pedro Sánchez’s career?
Criticism from the widely unpopular American president is a political boon for the Spanish prime minister
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law