Issue: April 2022
Seductive, scholarly life of the poet-priest
This new biography of John Donne brings the centuries-dead poet to life
Never trust a publisher
Once Twitter takes against you, they will wash their hands of you, Pontius Pilate-style
Gone West
What happened to Kanye?
Burrell 2.0
The Burrell Collection’s second chance to capture the hearts of Glasgow
Deer prudence
Raise a glass of exquisite Tokaji
Ben Fogle: Pukka prince of fluff
His films are overrated, overindulged, and dismal
Going deep on the river
Make no mistake, the boat race is a blood sport
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
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Why the left has nowhere left to go
Chris Bayliss and Tom Jones discuss how progressivism got left behind
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Italian elegance
Italian Perspectives (Pentatone)
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Out of the equation
Full equation sheets are bad for learning but good for helping students to pretend to understand
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world