Magazine
Jotting and plotting
Real gardeners need to keep a journal
Bragg shows what is possible
A show worth the licence fee by itself
They also serve
The unsung heroes that underpin sport both professional and amateur
Trying to get everyone to agree is a wild goose chase
On the lonely worship and solemn rituals of the wildfowler
The real McCoy
With a little effort, haggis can be a real treat
The fatal hubris of a ruthless fixer
Peter Stothard’s penetrating biography could not be more apposite in this age of political turmoil
Killer thrillers
The creators of Gangs of London could learn a lot from SAS Rogue Heroes
Some wars are just
A new film of a classic First World War novel focuses attention on the pacifism of the German elite that denies Ukraine the means of liberation
Strongholds and strong women
Three non-fiction works beat out the general mediocrity of 2022
Standing tall on an uncluttered horizon
The best new fiction of 2022
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
The day of the DfIDs
The real problem with foreign aid
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
