Features
The world at my feet
D. J. Taylor recalls a time when he was the future of the English novel
And that was the news …
The decline of quality journalism amid a “jungle of drivel” on social media
The new age of empires
The world faces a new reality: three predatory imperial powers in Russia, China and the USA
Crime and Christianity
Dorothy L. Sayers may not have been the most assiduous warden, but she served her church in the best way she could
Coalhenge: Britain’s colossal wonders
The awe-inspiring cooling towers of our pensioned-off power stations should be preserved as monuments
Simon Raven
A controversial writer who could produce work as splendid as it was scurrilous
Why Anglicans and art just don’t get along
An installation mimicking graffiti on the pillars of Canterbury Cathedral has caused an outcry
The frosty frontier
Annexing Canada is merely the latest salvo in America’s long history of hostility towards its northern neighbour
Realism versus Restraint
Washington’s foreign policy arises from two impulses often in conflict with each other
Time to change the programme
The failed doctrine of liberal multiculturalism has dominated British political discourse for too long
