Long reads Politics of proton smashing The UK taxpayer has contributed around £500 million to the development of the Large Hadron Collider. By Martin O'Neill
Echoes of Enoch Powell Rivers of Blood, multiculturalism and the BBC - Martin O'Neill on a film that's part of the BBC's Wh By Martin O'Neill
The politics of leisure In 1193 a chronicler warned London on May Day was overrun with drunken “stage-players, druggists, lu By Martin O'Neill
Attack on secularism Rowan Williams' comments on sharia law are dangerous nonsense, and insult Brtain's Muslims, argues M By Martin O'Neill
The ethics of organ transplantation Libertarian paternalism allows individuals' well-being to be helped without impacting on freedom of By Martin O'Neill
Labour’s friends in the north The Labour funding scandal prompts Martin O'Neill to recall the T. Dan Smith case By Martin O'Neill
Euro 2008 and the economy Martin O'Neill unpicks claims that England's defeat to Croatia will cost the economy somewhere betwe By Martin O'Neill
Football, amnesia and England In a departure from his usual commentary on philosophy and politics Martin O'Neill focuses on the sl By Martin O'Neill
The curious business of taxation Wages have stagnated, corporations contribute less to Treasury coffers as their profits grow ever va By Martin O'Neill