Women Sport
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
Queen of the road
For a quarter of a century, not one British woman could surpass her
Those who can’t, police
British police are no longer up to grappling with wrong’uns
Women will play on
Don’t ask a woman to take herself out of the game
Thousands of steps backwards
Why is there a “non-binary” category in the London Marathon?
First lady of Lords
The first England Cricket World Cup Champions
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
Keep your shirt on
Don your white shirt with a flash of scarlet à la the fashion bitches
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
What does the Scottish Hate Crime and Public Order Act really say?
Misunderstandings are the fault of Police Scotland and government ministers
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
The school as a battleground
Michaela defeat will not deter Islamist designs on schools
