Issue: May 2024
Gregory Snaith: Little Magazine Editor
Only Gregory seemed prepared to upset the applecart
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
“Forced”
Here they walk, they can do no other
The new Ottomans
The fall and rise of Istanbul under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
The king and the boss
Turkish President Erdoğan is no fan of Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu — and vice versa
Remember the Armenians
The West has turned its back on the world’s oldest Christian state
Existential questions
The Conservative Party has to come up with some compelling answers if it is to survive
The sordid truth about the 68ers?
Some claim the “anything goes” philosophy of the left-wing intelligentsia resulted in sex crimes
Why Meghan is my role model
The public needs to get to know the real Meghan
We are the cultural Norns
Here, at last, is a mind-expanding podcast that is the antidote to everything the wretched Arts Council stands for
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
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets