UFC
Combat sport catharsis
A night outside the Longhouse
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
Taking on the right-on with cold, hard facts
A practical manual for anyone who has no choice but to sit on committees with idealistic intellectuals
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
The problem with right-wing natalism
No one actually knows how to raise birth rates
Music for a warm bath
Bloch, Bruch, Dohnanyi (Claves)
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
