Thought
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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 martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections