Sport
Politicians are football’s fair-weather friends
In general, they seem to love the game only when it is politically convenient
The Budget’s attack on racing
Gambling, which funds racing, is likely to lose around £1.6 billion a year from 2027
TikTok tournaments
“Sportertainment” is a consequence of this age of short attention spans
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is letting women down
How have progressives come to embrace injustices against women?
TalkSport Nationalism is the future
The radio station offers us a model for a healthier British culture
Blowing the whistle on Birmingham’s integration problem
The banning of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans is symptomatic of a society in decline
Farewell to a cricket legend
Harold “Dickie” Bird lived with infectious enthusiasm
The sound of silence
Cricket can be at its best when nothing much is happening
Don’t throw in the towel on women’s sports
At the Eindhoven Box Cup, women have secured a victory for fairness
What killed English football fandom?
Fans are being priced out and domesticated
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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
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering