Sydney Olympics
The boat that sang
For one shining moment, they’re kings of the world
Cathy comes home
In Cathy Freeman were vested not just a nation’s hopes but its fears, guilt and shame, too
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
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 banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty