Strongroom
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves