Issue: May 2024
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
A sound of Rowling thunder
Scotland’s government and police seem determined to turn themselves into a laughing stock
May letters
We are in grave danger of losing our musical marbles
Can criminals be judges?
Freemasons, extremists, even members of the Garrick Club can be appointed to the bench
Scruffy splendour
Holy Week showcases a very Venetian combination of Renaissance splendour and DIY
Go west
Rishi has been a bit down lately
Dear Keir, get real
Instead of announcing grand new doctrines, it’s time for a very British realism
The future is blue
With Corbynite leadership and conservative members, Unite embodies Labour’s identity crisis
Put the money back into politics
Business and politics rubbed along much better before restrictions were introduced
Would you trust PC Brother?
The use of unreliable facial recognition technology is growing without sufficient scrutiny or accountability
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 forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries