06/25/2026 - 1:02am

In defense of supersized America Scarcity isn’t chic

Poppy Sowerby

12.06

How drug gangs threaten the World Cup Mexico hosts matches and mass graves

Jeff Farrell

09.06

Why the US sucks at soccer Big finance is a kick in the balls

B. Duncan Moench

29.05

The railway dividing Mexico Its construction has ravaged the jungle

Samuel McIlhagga

16.06

Gareth Southgate’s awkward revolution His vision of Englishness is more than the liberal trope

Jonathan Wilson

29.11

Can Wales harness football nationalism? The World Cup has handed Labour a free pass

Martin Johnes

25.11

How Britain became an American colony We must resist our brutal imperial overlords

Dominic Sandbrook

21.11

The architecture of autocracy Creative freedom comes at a price in Saudi Arabia

Wessie du Toit

21.11

Should England fans support Iran? Their football team has the power to topple a regime

David Patrikarakos

17.11

Why we need World Cup nationalism There’s nothing wrong with 'England first'

Giles Fraser

11.11

The World Cup has never been beautiful Qatar has snuffed out its surviving virtues

Jonathan Wilson

10.09

Our Queen’s sacrifice She knew the crown must be borne as a pilgrimage

Helen Thompson