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Maradona runs in celebration, holding a hand aloft as an England player sits dejected on the ground.

The decade that defined sport 

Simon Burton-Jones
What the sports stars of today owe to the eighties.
5 min read
Authored on
2024-06-19
Article
Comment
Sport
A tennis player stands ready to return a shot, while a phalanx of photographers crowd round a court-side opening to take a picture of him.

Winning the emotional whole in elite sport

Jonny Reid and Graham Daniels
As the pressure builds at Wimbledon, Jonny Reid and Graham Daniels reflect on the psychology vulnerabilities sports stars face.
3 min read
Authored on
2023-07-12
Review
Art
Culture
An impressionist painting of runners bunched together on the bend of a track.

The collective effervescence of sport’s congregation

Jonathan Evens
Art captures how sport and religion are entwined throughout history.
5 min read
Authored on
2024-07-23
Article
Creed
Idolatry
A professional footballer wearign a red top stands proudly beneath a white and black banner.

Idols or idiots? Why sporting stars cannot bear the weight we place on them

Graham Tomlin
Why it’s wise to know their place, and ours, in the universe.
5 min read
Authored on
2024-03-02
Column
Culture
Football
A striker is about kick a football towards a goal, a red beach ball sits between him and the goalkeeper.

Referees and stupidity

Jonathan Rowlands
What one referee’s foul-mouthed rant tells us about the nature of sport, and authority.
7 min read
Authored on
2024-11-13
Article
Character
Creed
A swimmer at the end of a race, looks to the result screen.

Letter to the Olympians

Ashley Null
A veteran sports chaplain writes a letter to Christian Olympians, on how they can find joy amid the 'funerals and weddings' of the games.
6 min read
Authored on
2024-08-06
Review
Culture
Football
A footballer takes a penalty kick.

Shootout: what penalties say about life

Simon Burton-Jones
Football is a global language and the shootout is the end to Shakespearian tragedy.
5 min read
Authored on
2024-07-06
Editor's pick
Creed
Freedom
A gaggle of cricket players, dressed in whites, stand on the field. One raises there arm

Can Bazball teach us something about freedom?

Cameron Wiltshire-Plant
In the wake of England's remarkable victory over India in Hyderabad, Cameron Wiltshire-Plant explores the unlikely links between Bazball and the spiritual life.
7 min read
Authored on
2024-01-28
Article
Comment
Sport
A rugby ball sails towards a player in a striped jersey from the foot of a kicker who has a leg and an arm extended out.

Why are sportspeople so superstitious?

Jonny Reid
Routine and rhythm help performance, but sporting superstition begs a question, writes Jonny Reid. Who do we really think is in control?
4 min read
Authored on
2023-09-16
Article
Character
Creed
A golfer cups his face as he realises he has won.

Scheffler’s secure identity

Jonny Reid
At the top of the game, win at all costs doesn't cut it.
4 min read
Authored on
2024-04-17
Article
Addiction
Comment
The edge of a football pitch showing an advertising hoarding with a betting brand name on it.

An irresponsible gamble

Sam Tomlin
Out-of-date law and human nature mean sports betting is more than harmless fun – it ruins lives, argues Sam Tomlin.
6 min read
Authored on
2023-03-30
Article
Culture
Easter
A golf clutches his face after winning a competition

Rory McIlroy’s pilgrim’s progress

Graham Tomlin
The golfer’s relief at finally laying his burden down.
4 min read
Authored on
2025-04-16
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Aerial view of a yellow-jacketed police forming a cordon within a crowd.
The short road from normality to evil
Jonathan Rowlands
Creed
Monsters
5 min read
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The quantum of leadership: how to flourish in science
Pawel Puczkarski and Michał Łuczewski
Belief
Creed
Leading
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9 min read
Culture
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Emily Downe
Culture
Digital
Film & TV
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An actor reads a speech at a commemoration
Forgotten soldiers and new narratives are shaping how we mark our wars
Susan Gray
Art
Culture
Trauma
War & peace
5 min read
Comment
An animated man runs through a jungle.
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Culture
Digital
Film & TV
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Amid a bombed alley, a victim is helped to walk by a rescue worker
We must invest in defence, fast - it’s the only moral thing to do
Emerson Csorba
Comment
Ethics
Politics
War & peace
5 min read
Change
Female prisoners hug their children who have climbed across a table to them.
Four things I’ve learnt from working with prisoners
Daniel Bey
Care
Change
Justice
4 min read
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There’s a simple solution to society’s lost boys
Belle Tindall
Care
Change
Community
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