Issue: April 2023
A devil to relish
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
Don’t make Iran the new Ukraine
American hawks are pushing for war with Tehran
Gods of the gantry
Motson’s death has reminded us of the enduring power of good commentary
A classic case of missing the point
A misguided campaign to decolonise the Univerity of London’s Classics curriculum
Hard lessons in life
Novel gender identities and orientations allow people to claim to be oppressed without suffering any hardship
The Tories’ phony peace
The real battle of ideas will begin when the party’s time in office reaches the end of the road
Radical chic charities
The madness of giving activist charities public money to oppose government policy
Speaking English is colonial terrorism
In fact, what’s so good about speech anyway?
Betjeman the beat poet
Recalling a thrilling collaboration between the poet and a group of oddball musicians
Jayne Payne
Counter-cultural survivor
