Sport
On the bull’s side
To appreciate bullfighting is to admire the bull
The toxic shame of Progressive Man
Sex denialists are doubling down on their own irrationality
Should women boycott women’s sports
If there is going to be change, athletes have to take a stand
Glorious half-century
When it’s good it’s very good indeed
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
Release the hounds
The best university sport? Beagling
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
The Olympic boxing row isn’t just about sports
Men should be more sensitive towards female concerns about inequalities of strength
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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
It’s not a level pitch
Where did it all go wrong for Crystal Palace?
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane