Issue: May 2025
Defying a pervert
We have internalised the belief that to point out the glaringly obvious is not only cruel but aggressive
A writer we should all read
There is only one way for a writer to escape: to release experience into prose
A temple in the Tudor manor
An impressive mansion has now become an important site of pilgrimage
How faith built the best of our nation
Every aspect of English national life owes something to Christianity
The return of turning left
New deluxe airline cabins are designed for Instagrammers who wish to see and be seen
A fine bromance
We have long since lost any real perspective on The Beatles
An architect for the British Museum
Brought up in war-torn Beirut, Lina Ghotmeh later designed the Louvre Abu Dhabi
The acme of nightwear
Today there is really only one pyjama maker worth climbing into bed with
Two views of the end of empire
An expert and an exile provide contrasting perspectives on Britain’s mistakes
The convivial conservative
The cultivation of conviviality became the golden thread of Western civilisation
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
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.