Issue: October 2023
Pastoral pleasures
Delighting and relaxing away from the city
An apple a day…
Sampling a new wave of Bristish cider
October song
Anticipating the jump season
Hi-ho silver lining
On the joy of shiny metallic footwear
Holiday hoo-ha
The trauma of second-home envy
BC/AD
The dating system invented by Tiny Dennis
Lucky numbers
In football, a number is more than just a number
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
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Awards ceremonies are erasing women
Biological males should not receive awards intended for women
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency