Issue: July 2022
Ethics men
Opera directors are utilising programme books to purvey their moral and ethical wisdom
’Verse averse
The idea that there are multiple universes and that it might be possible to “‘versejump” is surely one way of explaining the cinematic urge
The King of Italy
A fragrant modern Barolo is royalty among Italian wines
The poacher’s gun
A time when countrymen had to steal or starve
The allotment plot
How to guard your precious crops against thieves
Armchair punter
Home comforts are preferable to enduring the expense and discomfort of the racecourse
Virginia Woolf: Teflon goddess of the trivial
She was nasty, crude, racist and often a poor writer — so why is she revered?
July: Letters to the Editor
The Reformation has left us with a precious legacy
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
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
It’s not a level pitch
Where did it all go wrong for Crystal Palace?
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade