Books
A genius, a journalist and a little gem
A bit of lucky timing cannot be begrudged
The wellspring of woke
The right should stop “owning the libs” and focus on state power
The elephant in the avant-garde
The totalitarian trend in Modernism demands acknowledgement
The conservative case for socialism?
Sohrab Ahmari’s anti-business prescriptions fail to convince
The rise and rise of military history
A fine new landmark in the welcome renaissance of a timeless genre
The end of liberalism?
Patrick Deneen’s book finds new beginnings at the end of an era
Tenderness and truth
What should parents do about gender-nonconforming kids?
All aboard the ship of self-improvement
Why did NYU withdraw its support before the Floating University had left port?
The lives of Mary Magdalene
A fine book explores her life and afterlife
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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
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold