Sportsmanship
Simply the best
It is not just trophies and success that mark out Federer, but grace, personality and charm
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
Row, row, row your boat
“The Boys On The Boat” is wholesome but unconvincing
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
In defence of GB News
Demands for the channel to be silenced amount to snobbery and opportunism
Poland after the wedding
The Polish art scene is stuck in a futile game of tit-for-tat
Let’s change the cultural meaning of the penis
Our genitals do not entitle us to anything
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier