The World Cup’s a glorious time warp

There is something luxurious about the group stage of a World Cup. Gone is the waiting. Gone the fill-inch columns about arcane details of squad selection. Gone the faux-humanitarian pearl-clutching about global sport events being a massive waste of time and money. Gone the moaning about the scheduling. Just stay up late; it’s actually quite fun. Most popular Tim Shipman The 42 reasons why Keir Starmer failed Anonymous The last days of Starmer: A view from inside the No.10 bunker Isabel Ha