Sport
NUFC and the Saudis
Foreign governments should not own football clubs
The gang of four
Remembering a classic British race
Rugby’s mismatches
Should the World Cup be smaller?
The eyes of the law
The argument over VAR remains unsettled
Up for the cup
Hoping for a golfing renaissance in Rome
Lucky numbers
In football, a number is more than just a number
Not cricket
Women’s cricket should be for women, and only women
J’adore les bleus
Antoine Dupont makes the game look easy
Hating The Hundred
Why do cricketing authorities think we’re stupid?
Agony and ecstasy
The simultaneous glory and tragedy of sport
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
