Sport
The lost world of Rugby League
A new book celebrates 125 years of rugby league but shines a light on a world that the sport has left behind
The worrying rise of compelled speech in professional sport
The sports stars pushing back against the BLM movement
Hat trick ball
Help me trace Gunner Costello, the fast bowler who may have survived a Court-Martial
Games people play
Why team spirit leaves me cold
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
