Tennis
Hurray for the Murrays
It is easy to forget how mediocre British tennis was before the Murrays
Jeu, set et match
France’s tennis troubles
Simply the best
It is not just trophies and success that mark out Federer, but grace, personality and charm
Sporting Prime Ministers
Some had talent, some did not
The man tennis failed
Baron Gottfried von Cramm: the Third Reich dissident Wimbledon left behind
King of the clay court
On the red clay of Stade Roland Garros, Nadal is God
Those we love, and those we love to hate
Sweet dreams are made of this
Winning and losing
Emma Raducanu is a worthy winner of SPOTY — but will she continue her impressive rise?
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
The mixed legacy of #MeToo
There is a difference between confronting male behaviour and recreational man-hating
