The uses and abuses of nostalgia
The old like to think they had it harder, but secretly feel they had it better, too
Trojan charities
Institutional drift leftwards does not have to be inevitable
Manager or meme?
Is Musk’s takeover of Twitter a good thing, a disaster, or just very funny?
The brave new world of Swedish education
What is “post-truth” schooling?
The Curious Case of RS Archer
What is it about fake online identities that is so appealing?
Can our duties set us free?
Jacob Phillips’ new book challenges the assumption that freedom lies in unconstraint
The Klitschkos’ greatest fight
The boxing brothers are proving their mettle in the battle against Putin
#BeautifulUkraine
The Ukrainians have launched the greatest PR operation of our times
Slaves to bad history
The battle for academic rigour at the home of the Scottish Enlightenment
The trouble with tradition
On the foetid fantasies of the fogeys
Revitalising the West
Ukraine has rallied the West and yet again shown our civilisation’s limitless capacity for self-renewal
The Beatles: occasionally fab four
Their output was more mixed than many critics would like to believe
Joe Wright: Auteur of awfulness
His films are overrated, overindulged, and dismal
The resurrection of France?
A third way to the cynical politics of Macron and Le Pen exists
Timely reminder of the true price of oil
‘Disorder’ argues convincingly that world history now hinges on the price of oil
When do we lift the sanctions?
Sooner or later a diplomatic compromise will have to be reached
Tinker, Tailor, Rayner, Raab
From Lebedev to Corbyn — Tories and Labour trade blows on the company they have kept
The Good Friday Agreement is in peril
24 years on the treaty may be on the verge of collapse
How do we deal with war crime?
The horrors of Bucha have reminded us that humans are capable of evil on a huge scale
Singing the Blues
The Varsity Match and Boat Race are no longer part of our sporting conversation
A return, a reissue, a brilliant new voice
The best, and the not-so-great, new fiction to read this month