Issue: April 2020
The post-Christian identity crisis
Three books portray a West unconscious of its past and uncertain of its future
Modi’s ghastly Delhi dream
The plan to remodel Lutyens’s grand capital is a monument to conceit
A vengeful pursuit of political power
Natascha Engel reviews Unspeakable by John Bercow
The politics of the plague
Boris Johnson may already have waited fatally long
Twitter trolls disprove the myth of intrinsic goodness
Virtual reality is real enough to show man in his “natural” state
We’re all preppers now
Waiting for a pandemic in West Virginia
A bountiful Baja garden
Lisa Hilton enjoys sublime food and hibiscus margaritas on an enchanting Mexican ranch
Roast lamb of God
A simple, seasonal feast is best, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Principled abstention
Christopher Pincher embarks on Lent, but allows himself to indulge in French white wine
Antique business
Thomas Woodham-Smith on an old trade in a brave new world
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 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
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The great American dream
Beware the lure of the vast US market
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Reform has the real “Shadow Cabinet”
Establishment gatekeeping is as futile as it is absurd
The great creative course illusion
How universities mistook access to courses for access to creative life
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
Suicide of an author’s credibility
Matt Goodwin has done the causes that he represents no favours with his new book
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
How to reverse Britain’s nuclear decline
Regulatory reform alone is not enough — we need better governance