Issue: May 2022
Tortured hero of the Giro
The Italian rapscallion
The sound of love
Robert Schumann expresses the intense passion and despair of true love better than any other composer
The false euphoria of dysphoria
Pink News presents breast removal as “pure trans joy” in a new video
A square prehistory of popular music
Rock versus pop, and orchestral numbers versus guitar solos
Why are we supporting Ukraine?
A cautionary note about vicarious war
Can Putin’s conductor redeem himself?
Gergiev’s road to redemption
Passed-by spies
Spy show depicts the insecurity service
Boris will be Boris … again
How to end up a happy ex-prime minister
Election bumf
Mélenchon is peddling all the old socialist lies
Reasons for Rishi to be cheerful
Soaring inflation means the Chancellor can avoid an unpopular tax hike
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
Asset-stripping on campus?
Selling universities to private companies risks destroying their charitable purpose
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
The party of retailers
Labour’s drift from its union roots reveals the party no longer knows what — or who — it is for
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
The great betrayal
MAGA will always be Trump’s, but how much is an ever-shrinking coalition actually worth?
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals