Sport
Cross is boss
Introducing the very Belgian sport of Cyclocross
Bazball and the perils of “year zero” thinking
In cricket, as in politics, it is always wrong to dismiss past experience
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
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall