Issue: August/September 2021
Hot air
Climate change targets are rising at a dangerous rate
Enduring enjoyment
The nostalgia of live sport continues to live on
Breaking the doom loop
If we don’t return to normal now, when can we?
Breaking the Knee
The story of a man who once held his hand to the Olympic fire
Carelessness in the community
Who are the “community leaders” who are currently shaping police policy in Birmingham?
The good news on academic free speech
The Office for Students has offered some cause for optimism
That was the night that was
A new dawn has broken, even if the sky is grey
Boris comes down from the mountain
Is he the Tory messiah, or just a very naughty boy?
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
Will Starmer suppress dissent?
The riots should not be an excuse for a broader assault on civil liberties
Heaven scent
Harrods is no help in the quest for Raffouche
In the beginning: neither fish nor fowl
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
