Sport
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
The problem with football pundits
Why are we so often stuck with inarticulate ex-pros?
A working class hero?
Luke Littler should be allowed to be himself and not a culture war lightning rod
Backing horses
Britain should value a homegrown success story
Team players
Why are some athletes better in teams than on their own?
Sport’s spoilsports
Sport should keep video officiating to a minimum
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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
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Givers and takers
Britain needs a fairer and more moral economic system
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth