World Cup
Is football hooliganism fashionable?
As violence returns to Edgware Road, official insistence that two-tier policing is a myth looks increasingly difficult to sustain
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate