Issue: June 2022
From Worms to woke
The resemblance between woke and the Reformation goes beyond means to content
Illiteracy of the tax-cut lobby
Slashing taxes cannot make a nation better off. Instead we must increase production
Buildings for butchers
How should we judge the grandoise building projects of murderous dictators?
The Colston 4 and the fog of law
The politicised trial of the Bristol statue topplers shows the law surrounding protests is mired in confusion
Germany’s crisis of conscience
An unholy alliance of Berlin capitalists and intellectuals has disastrously misjudged the Ukraine war
The monster that lurks within us
The enduring popularity of fantasy and horror fiction proves that we still live in the long, dark shadow of the Gothic novel
Literary festivals: sheer hell in a tent
To make people laugh for an hour is good business sense — but it says nothing about writing, or creativity, or art
King of the clay court
On the red clay of Stade Roland Garros, Nadal is God
If it’s broken, fix it
The NI Protocol has not worked, and the EU has done nothing to live up to its commitment to it being temporary
June: Letters to the Editor
Ukraine provides the best argument for why countries should not lightly discard nuclear weapons
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
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
Red tape and black markets
Prohibition is a criminal’s best friend
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Gentrification? Better than deprivation
Elephant and Castle has been radically spruced up, but not everyone is happy about it
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 ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism