Issue: July 2021
A widow’s might
The Widow is intelligent television that probes the dark side of the international aid industry
Brave and barmy new worlds
The solemn, febrile and deeply bonkers ferment of interwar modernism
Midsummer fever dream
What is the direction of theatre for the next season?
Anatomy of a miserable deal
Barnier’s Secret Journal should interest British readers due to the insights on whether the UK could have negotiated a better deal
Big game hunting
Boris Starling looks ahead to the excitement and exhilaration of the upcoming British Lions tour
The long arm of the Chekists
This book is an apt metaphor for the state of freedom of speech in modern Britain
Studio: The Venice Architecture Biennale
An exuberant return to the beleaguered lagoon city
The faltering heart of the BBC
Amongst the dearth of decent BBC Radio content, “Start the Week” is outstanding
Alice in blunderland
The V&A reckons Alice in Wonderland is a self-help manual in the sex-war rather than the daydreams of an old Oxford perv
Power without pain
Social media “platforms” such as Twitter and Facebook plainly are publishers.
They should be held to account as such
The new Scotland
Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite
Ulster’s deadly web
What if one of the most useful British agents inside the IRA was also a mass murderer?
The Met is watching you
We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
The soul of gender
How trans ideology appeals to deep spiritual instincts
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
On Américanisation
French life is being transformed by the influence of American culture
Was she more than pie in the sky?
We all laughed at the former PM but her radical message might have been right
Keystones of Britain’s history
Far too many young people are woefully ignorant of the splendour and meaning of our rich ecclesiastical architecture
Death in the shadows
The sad case of Sudiksha Thirumalesh
