Issue: July 2021
Flawed analysis of illiberal culture
d’Ancona is guilty of the same kind of arrogance and bad faith he identifies in other liberals
A correctional facility
Who, exactly, is being corrected by an execution?
Institutional amnesia
Central bankers have forgotten the crucial monetary lessons of the past
The bravery of big corporations
They don’t bother with the flag in their Arab outlets, because Islamic culture is far more progressive
Auntie Nazi League
It’s BBC actors and comedy stars who’ve made the corporation great over the years — not two-a-penny journalists
Only collect
The key to successful selling is to cultivate collectors
Original sin
Robert Thicknesse on the woes of modern, British opera
The pain gain
In today’s pop world trauma is an asset
Publish — or be damned
There’s no wonder that books are becoming more conformist when freedom of expression is being curtailed
Back to the future
The new Great British Railways should abolish the garish sweet shop designs of today’s trains and look to the glorious liveries of the past