Issue: May 2024
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
The final lap
Senna dives into the high-speed Tamburello corner and never comes out of it
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
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General