Issue: November 2022
Dirty business
The myriad wonders of garden soil
The lockdown bonfire of Britain’s freedoms
The Government’s chaotic handling of the Covid-19 crisis resulted in an arbitrary rule by diktat of dubious legitimacy that should never be repeated
Swansongs and southern discomfort
Three new novels plough the furrow between popular and literary fiction
We missed the bus
Dreams of dispensing with the school run
Live on TV: history at work
The making of a TV historian
Why Germany mourned our British queen
While few Germans lament the loss of their own emperors and kings, they admire the British idea of monarchy
Fit for a king
The restoration of Charles III
Simply the best
It is not just trophies and success that mark out Federer, but grace, personality and charm
Upper-class darling of the metropolitan elite
Harriet Harman’s drive for equal rights has resulted in the divisive identity politics that so alienates traditional working-class Labour voters
In search of the real Mahler
How Mahler’s music is about living in the moment
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
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
The sectarian state
Tom Jones and Chris Bayliss discuss the Balkanisation of Britain
Gas shock therapy
Ed Miliband must abandon his absurd and failing approach to energy
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?