Sport
The space man
Thomas Müller has provided great sporting inspiration
The final test
Jimmy Anderson has trotted up to the wicket 39,877 times in a Test match
The football world’s war on free speech
Football authorities are attempting to insist on what political values players and supporters should represent
Beyond the boundary
Can art reflect a nation’s spirit through its depictions of one of its favourite games?
Back in the big time
It is tempting to explain the turnaround in two words: “Unai” and “Emery”
Losing the crowd
In bullfighting, audiences can be as tough as animals
Not only a game
This is how it ends: the whimper, or the bang
C. L. R. James and the majesty of cricket
The West Indian writer and historian knew that cricket is far more than merely a sport
Struggles of a veteran matador
Familiarity can make the heart grow cooler, but greatness can still prevail
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
