Sport
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
Cricket’s triple threat
Some have the granddaddy knack
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
A matter of National concern
This year’s race will come close to destroying its magic
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Winning sinner
That 1999 Tour needed Armstrong quite as much as he needed it
Shock of the new
There is a difference between innovation and a gimmick
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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
Three pheasants, one Land Rover
Labour’s new war on pheasant shooting is about who gets to decide how England’s land is used
Let’s pay MPs less
MPs are getting another inflation-busting pay rise — even as the country they govern grows poorer
The right has a conspiracy problem
Conspiracies exist — but the temptation to use them as an all-purpose explanation is wrongheaded
Exiles from the Rainbow nation
Race, land and why white South Africans are leaving their homes behind
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
“Fauxcest” is not a free speech issue
The government should ban this dangerous and disgusting genre
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches