Issue: April 2024
Winning sinner
That 1999 Tour needed Armstrong quite as much as he needed it
Shock of the new
There is a difference between innovation and a gimmick
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
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Louis Through
The left-leaning media has lost its moral and institutional authority
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Cofnas, Cambridge and academic freedom
Truly provocative ideas are still unwelcome in our universities