Issue: November 2022
First find your clique …
Whatever one’s attachment to noble causes, it’s more fun to write for the right-wing press
A thoughtful old-fashioned rambler
George Orwell’s gardening prowess comes as a surprise
Dissection of a doomed doctrine
By 2016, the once hegemonic neoliberal order came apart
The games people play
The fascination with esoteric sports with quirky rules and limited spread
Ends of empires
Two compulsive, immersive and vivid end-of-empire series
The samba spirit
On cachaça, pisco and the pick of South American spirits
Day of the junta
Political thrillers from South America
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Sadiq Khan has been ordered to explain his ousting of Met police chief Cressida Dick
Not necessarily the end of the world
The biggest existential threat to humans is now humanity
Pulp Puccini
Having the hots for Tosca
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
Saint Sánchez?
How the Spanish Left uses the Right to hold power
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies