The notion of the decent upstanding English public school-educated cricketers is only a myth to console ourselves in defeat against a supposedly inferior national culture

Sport has expanded to fill the space that more serious pursuits used to occupy

It seems absurd to compare a central banker with a Hollywood movie star. Yet the role of physical allure is underestimated in careers which ought to owe nothing to looks

Recent revelations show just how embedded is a culture of self-preservation among those whose first duty should be to you and me

This is not an unremittingly bleak documentary, despite its harrowing subject

The delusions of these two public figures defeat any satire

Opposition to renewables is not "ideological". Those who are opposing Davey’s Energy Bill do so because they see no good in making poor households poorer

Remember that on a purely statistical basis, the risk from terrorism is vanishingly small

By accepting mandates from Brussels - even down to how restaurants serve olive oil  - our politicians have supported a damaging loss of democratic autonomy

Hitler’s favourite composer was a monster, but he should still be celebrated