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?
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Kemi Badenoch is a useful idiot
The former Secretary of State has a track record of advancing woke regulations
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
Stories worth telling
Untold Stories (Hyperion)
How Putin uses history as a weapon
Russia’s new Tsar has rewritten the national story
The shell shock of the arts
How will the art world respond to its narrative shock?
Where are the calls for blasphemy laws coming from?
We should consider the voters as well as the politicians
The year in military history
2024 has been a rewarding year for lovers of books and history
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
