America
CHOP gets the chop
An experiment in self-government has been annexed by the United States of Amerikka
Letter from Washington: Albert Murray and the case for complexity
A dissenting opinion in a revolutionary moment
Sing it again, Frank
Michael Henderson listens once more to the Great American Songbook, most enriching of entertainments
We’re all Americans now
Why does Twitter even have multilingual options?
Could it really happen here?
A podcast on the possibility of a second civil war reveals the dangerous polarisation that few Americans – including its host – can escape
Watching the Riots: Berlin, Trilling and Bellow on the Sixties
The riots of the 1960s left a generation of intellectuals out in the cold. Will the George Floyd demonstrations do the same?
Can the West live without China?
Graham Stewart asks Stewart Paterson whether disengagement from China is an act of self-harm or a sensible stitch in time
Decadence in the time of corona: A conversation with Ross Douthat
The New York Times columnist updates his arguments for a country rocked by pandemic and protest
Private passions in the public square
The ground shifts under leading American conservative thinkers like RR Reno
Corona Lockdown, Day 40: Fear & Loathing in New England
How the epidemic pulverized our neighbourhood’s neighbourly spirit
Not a relaunch
Is that a PLAN FOR CHANGE in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
More than one way to skin a cat
The thing about formulae is that they’re an aid, not a guide
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
