Issue: April 2023
Keeping it funky
An Argentine winery that revels in the old ways
Spring to life
April in London has a number of operatic things that look kind of fun
Strike out
The misery of parents faced with work-shy, striking teachers
Modernists can be monarchists
Radical composers are not out to smash the system
The final furlong?
Racing may be facing an existential threat
Canada’s grave errors
Why does a country once regarded as a model of moderation and sanity now view itself as a seething den of blood-soaked bigotry and white supremacy?
In search of social justice for women
Two incisive and thought-provoking books explore how society deals with infertile women
Posthumous courting
Sometimes love can conquer even the unimpassioned proceedings of the law courts
Once more with Gustavo
“Orchestra makes right call” shock!
The conversion of Paul
The political journey of Paul Johnson, who renounced his socialist ideals to become a standard-bearer of the Right
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
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
Critical briefing: Belgian Channel crossings
How the geographical spread of Channel crossings has been widening
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
Borne back into the past … of Bolton
Oh no, not another cliche!
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change