Issue: April 2022
Georgia on my mind
There is an exodus of Muscovites with money to Tbilisi and Turkey
Stop the Wark Coalition
BBC Radio has lost its purpose
Music’s moral conscience
The violinist Gidon Kremer stands brilliantly apart from the rest of the music world
Those we love, and those we love to hate
Sweet dreams are made of this
When do we lift the sanctions?
Sooner or later a diplomatic compromise will have to be reached
Welcome returns for three Irish writers
Why is the publishing industry so obsessed with debuts?
Art as resistance
This Belarusian play at the Barbican is timely and urgent
Kino Kyiv
What to watch inform yourself about the rich Ukrainian cinematic tradition
Singing Shane’s praises
A man with an appetite for victory, and everything else too
April: Letters to the Editor
Edinburgh University is dependent on Chinese money
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 dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Free speech is about principle, not political convenience
One might disagree with pro-Palestine radicals but that does not mean that they should be censored
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
Louis Through
The left-leaning media has lost its moral and institutional authority
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse