Issue: June 2026

Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs

Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country

What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?

It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose

Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name? 

This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it

Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains

Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships

Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty

If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes