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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Mass hysteria
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