Issue: June 2023
A crime gone tragically wrong
Which crimes go wonderfully right?
How gown destroyed town
The decline and fall of the dreaming spires and their replacement by shuttered shops, sad cafés and mothballed pubs
Jack Tagg: Beacon of provincial culture
An eccentric force for cultural good
Bitter and twisted
Twitter could be a boon to academics. Instead, it has become the playground of a cynical cabal of work-shy mediocrities
A political colossus
Lord Lawson’s calm, assured leadership was pivotal in securing Brexit
The middle classes are revolting
When barristers and doctors go on strike, revolution isn’t far away
Climate change: lessons from the past
The cooling of the earth, not its warming has proved most destructive
J’accuse: the case that never closes
France was putting itself on trial, for its actions during the war
When young men headed East
The early growth of the Empire was fuelled by spices, not slaves
Rap’s dilemma
Sarah Ditum unwraps the rap culture war.
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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
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
The problem of midwit misinformation
Iran, insurance and how smart people lose sight of the truth
The great betrayal
MAGA will always be Trump’s, but how much is an ever-shrinking coalition actually worth?
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy