Issue: March 2022
Gaspingly chic
The accoutrements of smoking are deathly cool
It’s a wrap
London seems like a brave new world after touching down from Venice
How to be a literary editor
Done well, book reviews have never been more important
Plains of plenty
The Masai Mara has defied gloomy predictions of decline and still supports a thriving ecosystem as rich as it ever was
Payton’s place as an icon
Sweet dreams are made of this
Playing with fire
Is writing a show about burns victims and the pioneering Guinea Pig Club really “appropriate”?
Wonders and warnings from the ancient world
A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of a late antique empire
Our throwaway society
A trip to the waste disposal site provides an insight into human nature
The joys of getting down with the grandkids
Campaigners for inter-generational justice miss the mark
Sauce for the goose
Condemn Downing Street not for wanting fun, but for ignoring others’ sacrifices
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 great creative course illusion
How universities mistook access to courses for access to creative life
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Badgers, banknotes and British decline
Ed Davey might admire Winston Churchill but he should have learned from him
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe