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?
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Lords of the wrestling ring
Professional wrestling podcasts have become almost as popular as wrestling itself
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Playing the long game
Rishi Sunak misjudged the electorate by prioritising tax cuts over the country’s future
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
