Issue: October 2023
Meeting the masses
With scant audiences and paltry remuneration, author’s tours can be far from glamorous
Ancient wisdom, modern foolishness
We learn more about the decline of philosophy in our time than about its rise in antiquity
The eyes of the law
The argument over VAR remains unsettled
Labour’s blues
Leftish economics allied to moderate social conservatism offers a compelling route to power for Sir Keir Starmer
A maverick medic
A theatrical biography of a life saver
Is the party over for festivals?
Why music festivals have lost their purpose
Liz Truss: what if…?
An insider’s guide to a premiership cut short
Up for the cup
Hoping for a golfing renaissance in Rome
First lady of the law
The new Lord Chief Justice inherits a role with a rich and varied history
Legacy of failure
13 years of missed chances, bungled crises and miserable inaction
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
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
Just a Prime Minister
Keir Starmer only seems to have one answer to his critics
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths