Issue: June 2025
The ridiculous process of finding a new head of the CofE
The last regime handed the church over wholesale to the middle managers
The man in the dug-out
If you fail, you’re sacked; if you succeed, you get poached
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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
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?