Features
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
The Cosa Nostra in suits
Big business acts as a mafia, squeezing suppliers and raising prices for customers
Error of judgement
How the Supreme Court got an issue of great constitutional importance so wrong
Can feminists please drop the Handmaid habit?
Feminists’ adoption of Margaret Atwood’s red cape serves only to obscure the complex real-life issues around women’s rights
Return of the 60s neurosis
Christopher Booker’s stinging takedown of the 1960s, The Neophiliacs, is even more relevent today
Stalin’s last laugh
Joseph Stalin has been recast in Russia not as a bloodsoaked tyrant, but as a strong, effective leader
Is classical colonial?
Naive proposals to “decolonise” Western classical music risk losing the richness of its history
Blueprint for a starchitect
Robert A. M. Stern’s approach to designing buildings combines exuberance with historicism
Real social responsibility
Be wary of companies with public sector monkeys and a diversity officer on the board
Guardians of our culture
Conservative America still vibrantly upholds the cause of Western civilisation
