OK – I’m going to nail my musical colours to the mast first and declare that back in the 1990s, I was in the Blur army and never really warmed to Oasis. To me, and many others, they were standard bearers for a Laddism that seemed to be dragging us back to the worst aspects…
The British Extreme Right has a long history of violence and riots going back to the early twentieth century when Jewish communities were its main target. But it was the 1970s, that saw groups like the National Front and British Movement become a menace on the streets of Britain. Many of those who have shaped…
The Algerian female boxer Imane Khelif provoked howls of outrage when she won her boxing bout in under a minute at the Paris Olympics 2024 – with unfounded accusations that she wasn’t a biological woman. Once again, the whole issue of transgender athletes has divided opinion and created a social media storm. But this is…
