Books
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Most Read
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities