Issue: June 2020
The mobster and the Method
Al Capone’s relationship with the movies goes back a long way, writes Christopher Silvester
Running scared of religion
Shelley’s story prompts us to consider the relationship between The Almighty and man
All you need is luck
Everything with The Beatles happened at double time, thrilling but draining too, says Sarah Ditum
The welcome sound of silence
For three days I listened to nothing but birdsong, marvelling at the variety and the volume
The disarming power of restraint
He showed how the essential prerequisite for greatness is humility
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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
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
The man who ended overreach
Lord Reed’s tenure as president of the Supreme Court has been admired by those who value the stability of the law
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?