Sportsmanship
Enduring enjoyment
The nostalgia of live sport continues to live on
The tide has turned on abortion
The overturning of Roe v Wade is an opportunity for the UK to reflect on its own abortion laws
Wakefield and the revival of Labour Britain
After an electoral disaster in the 1930s, Wakefield kickstarted the new Labour era. Can it do the same for Starmer?
Number 10 needs a caretaker
But who’s up for the thankless task of cleaning up Boris’s mess?
Nico Muhly: Stranger (AVIE)
This new album of three works offers quiet empathy more than overwhelming emotion
Zut alors! Ten Per Cent is no Call My Agent
The remake of the French original is rather merde
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far
Beauties and the beasts
Our urge to anthropomorphise animals obscures the fact that we are all part of the same complex ecosystem
Broad horizons
Libraries are now much less about places to house books as places for people to work
Justin Trudeau’s heartless hypocrisy
Has the Canadian premier’s shameful silence been bought with Tigray gold?
Don’t mock the Med mindset
What the Spanish have lost in international relevance, they make up in appreciating life
A flash of genius
When done well, swing bowling is arguably the most beautiful of cricket skills