Issue: June 2022
Why I fear this censors’ charter
Nadine Dorries’s chilling Online Safety Bill invites professional activists to wipe anything they deem wrongthink from the internet
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 welfare state of things
Tom Jones and Chris Bayliss discuss the numbers behind Britain’s welfare state
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
Suicide of an author’s credibility
Matt Goodwin has done the causes that he represents no favours with his new book