Issue: October 2022
A whole pot of Rosie
Drinks for a downpour
Eastern promise
Three worthy TV shows now streaming that allow you to zip around the world with a few clicks
The curious cult of the friend of fascism
Ayn Rand’s vile philosophy was one of the crudest ever to be taken seriously, but attracts the devotion of fundamentalists for whom she could do no wrong
Populists: doing us all a favour
Don’t sneer at those who challenge the vested interests of the elite
Making the moral case for war
Ukrainians face slaughter and subjugation. Church leaders must back them unequivocally
Sack the lot at rotten Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is drowning in a puddle of self-willed mediocrity
Ride-sharing
The joys of owning (part of) a racehorse
Double dutch
Latin nomenclature can be useful
Ready for take-off
Leaping into style with a jumpsuit
Farewell to the flat
Bozza is writing his memoirs
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
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Why the left has nowhere left to go
Chris Bayliss and Tom Jones discuss how progressivism got left behind
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub