Sport Amazon’s comforting Christmas Premier League coverage masked its long-term ambitions Football rights help tap into data about older demographics that can help the retailer sell other goods and services. By Daniel Curtis
Politics The Ashes are a reminder of how cricket can make heroes of anyone at any time By Daniel Curtis
Long reads Can celluloid lovers like Christopher Nolan stop a digital-only future for film? By Daniel Curtis
Property programmes are torture for millennials – so why do we keep watching? Once aspirational, property TV shows now carry a whiff of sadism. By Daniel Curtis
“It’s like groundhog day“: smaller booksellers rail against Amazon’s latest low tax bill While the online giant's revenues soar, bricks-and-mortar stores fight on. By Daniel Curtis
Beware the cemetery gates – tombstone tourism is coming back to life We must watch out, for cemeteries have become a trope. By Daniel Curtis
Northern mortality statistics make grim but unsurprising reading “The story has remained unchanged for at least two or three decades now.” By Daniel Curtis
We laughed at Alan Partridge – little did we realise he heralded the age of Donald Trump In the first part of our week celebrating 90s comedy, we take a look back at the Nostradamus of Norwich. By Daniel Curtis
The cunning politicisation of Neymar’s move to PSG Neymar Jr has become an unsuspecting pawn in an economic game of chess. By Daniel Curtis
Have independent bookshops worked out how to survive in the age of Amazon? Philip Pullman's new book is expected to be a literary sensation. So why aren't small bookshops stocking it? By Daniel Curtis