Issue: December/January 2022
Unleash your inner Einstein
Science needn’t be difficult and dull, but we must inspire people with its wonders
Studio: Piranesi
Alasdair Palmer visits an exhibition at the Fondazione Marco Besso, Rome
Shifting the goalposts on Israel
A partisan report distorts the law as well as the facts on the Palestinian question
Glaring omissions of a whistle-stop tour
Carey is the tour guide of a magnificent villa telling of the wonders that lie beyond a closed door
Double trouble in chaotic Comedy
Great times to be had in Canterbury despite occasionally clunky comedy and some scandalously overpriced wine
A life indecently full of fun and games
This is not a journey you will find in most accounts of the twentieth century
Grasping the nettle
Romeo runs into legal difficulties …
Britain’s squid pro quo
Economic growth is hindered by the profusion of “negative sum” public sector jobs
It’s all in the mix
Modern office furniture can now happily sit alongside Queen Anne walnut
Colour conundrum
A lasting love-affair with Chartreuse
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
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
International Women’s Day is useless for women
IWD has become a celebration of evasion and irrationality
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Dangerous liasons
Does Keir Starmer have a plan for dealing with Donald Trump?
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
The welfare state of things
Tom Jones and Chris Bayliss discuss the numbers behind Britain’s welfare state
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders