Issue: March 2023
The British empire, for good and ill
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning offers the first serious counterblast against the hysterical orthodoxy
First lady of Lords
The first England Cricket World Cup Champions
When the balloon goes up…
Can history teach us anything about growing Sino-American tension?
The spirit of Lent
If you must forego wine, try cocktails instead
Serious choices
We must make them soon
Gender Gymnastics
Endorsing gender ideology as a female politician always comes with a cost
March: Letters to the Editor
Academic follies and tinkled ivories
Venice’s ugly sister
Almost everything in Mestre is recent; everything is decayed
Weighing their options
In which Rishi tries to look dynamic
Have we lost our minds?
Our shallow and insincere public discourse pales by comparison to the bitter, but profound, politics of the Edwardian era
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
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
What Louis Theroux ignores
Pea-brained influencers make for an easier target than Islamic misogyny
Self’s the man
Will Self can be absurd and obnoxious — but also highly entertaining and insightful
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think