Features

How the internet killed The Simpsons

Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more

The spectre of the past

The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era

Profile: Salvador Allende

Lionised by the Left, the Chilean president refused to moderate his Marxist aims in the face of economic chaos

Preaching to a dwindling choir

Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling

Bring back the Law Lords

Tony Blair’s introduction of a US-style Supreme Court has served to undermine the supremacy of Parliament

Why the Intellectual Dark Web has failed

Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action

Let’s at least agree rape is wrong

Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself

How the Ukraine delusion may end

Biden might entertain peace to cut his losses and boost his election chances

The end of Pevsner

The monumental work of maintaining a live record of the architecture of the UK and Ireland is in danger of being abandoned

The paper tiger and the Russian bear

NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further