Issue: April 2023

The stories that tell us that women are damned if they play the game of sexual availability and just as doomed if they don’t

American hawks are pushing for war with Tehran

Motson’s death has reminded us of the enduring power of good commentary

A misguided campaign to decolonise the Univerity of London’s Classics curriculum

Novel gender identities and orientations allow people to claim to be oppressed without suffering any hardship

The real battle of ideas will begin when the party’s time in office reaches the end of the road

The madness of giving activist charities public money to oppose government policy

In fact, what’s so good about speech anyway?

Recalling a thrilling collaboration between the poet and a group of oddball musicians

Counter-cultural survivor