Columns
Simply the best
It is not just trophies and success that mark out Federer, but grace, personality and charm
Saints and sinners
The dotty suggestion the Queen be canonised is an expression of a hope she will not be forgotten
The state we’re in
Britain isn’t working any more
Arsenic and old lace
Autumn arrives and nostalgia descends
The diary of Larry the Cat
Here came the new boss
Danny Lestrange: Eternal Columnist
From the immaturity of young adulthood to the immaturity of old age
Time for a U-turn on “B Corps”?
It’s the business of companies to make money first and think about society later
Acute accents
Honours, parties and the case for jailing Brian Blessed
Don’t trust Trussonomics
There’s nothing anti-growth about sound money and strong public finances
Pregnant people
Can we not call women women?
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Self-ID versus survivors
Traumatised women deserve to know that they can be supported by women
Preparing for the worst
How gender critical commentators are preparing for the impact of the Hate Crime and Public Order Act
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
Escaping Plato’s goon cave
Vision Pro illuminates the telos of modernity and the narrowing of human experience
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
Web of lies
We can combat misinformation with scepticism and content provenance technology
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
