Prospect
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Core philosophy
How the old tradition of wassailing might actually benefit orchards
Timeless wisdom
Literary gifts for every gardener or garden-lover on your Christmas list
The value of water
A lake dug into low-grade farmland transforms the local ecology
The art of nature
We need landscapes that articulate meaning
Most Read
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world