Issue: August/September 2022
A pair of presidential PMs
Is Boris Johnson reminiscent of Churchill or a very different PM?
A very superior Season
Today’s Season may be more democratic and international than the old, but those in the know still cherish the hot tickets that guarantee exclusivity
A cynical man without any plan
Boris Johnson was an opportunist Prime Minister whose gambler’s luck ran out
Beware of the tax-cutters
Slashing the tax take now will lead to increased public spending for years to come
Lavender letters
Bozza has left the building
The vast plight of the Proms
The end of BBC Four is a death sentence for BBC Orchestras and the Proms alike
Johnson’s disrespect for the law
The PM repeatedly showed a cavalier attitude towards constitutional conventions
In arcadia ego
Finite life and Infinite Jest
The silence that tells Joe Biden who his real allies are
Irish reluctance to support Ukraine presents Unionists with an opportunity to counter American Brit-bashing over the Protocol reforms
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
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications