Issue: February 2026
It’s not the Tate’s job to heal you
There must be limits to the idea of art as restorative
A populist wake-up call for centrists
The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay by Stephen Davies
The word from Britain’s streets
Patrick Galbraith fears for the health of an old friend
The crisis in foreign language studies
How the old tradition of wassailing might actually benefit orchards
The mad mental health policy
Failures in legislation and risk management
How to live better
Prosperity through Growth: Boosting Living Standards in
an Age of Autocracy and AI
Jacques-Louis David at the Louvre
Jacques-Louis David at the Louvre
A persuasive critique of identity politics
Not Your Victim: How Our Obsession with Race Entraps and Divides Us by
Marie Kawthar Daouda
England as it really is
US visitors may be in for an unexpected and unpleasant suprise
Wrestling with fickle giants
Why, if the Beveridge Report was supposed to cure Britain’s ills, do so many complain society is broken?
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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 end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits