Issue: May 2026
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
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
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
It’s all so difficult
Keir Starmer is struggling to rationalise the obviously stupid
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation