Issue: October 2022
Don’t shoot the pianists, protect them
Conductors should leave accompanying to the collaborative pianists
Stirling work
The Stirling Prize should go to a build outside of London
Remembrance of a forgotten nation
Reminders of our country’s shared past
October: Letters to the Editor
Defending the faiths and population Ponzi schemes
I reserve the right to upset you
Only idiots think we should succumb to the special pleading of intolerant majorities
A modern way of mourning
Ukrainians face slaughter and subjugation. Church leaders must back them unequivocally
The grand old man and the ingénue queen
The devotion between Britain’s wartime premier and its greatest modern monarch
Down with the cis-axial patriarchy
How to debate an evil right-winger (if you must)
Labour: a new hope?
Sir Keir Starmer’s low-key approach may yet pay dividends. He has cleaned up his party and faces a tired government — but he must now seize his opportunity
Beware of the Boris haters
Many of Boris Johnson’s most fervent detractors are drawn from the “Restablishment”, an elite who despise him for his stance on Europe and seek to frustrate the rolling back of the state
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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
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things