Book Review
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
Suicide of an author’s credibility
Matt Goodwin has done the causes that he represents no favours with his new book
Self’s the man
Will Self can be absurd and obnoxious — but also highly entertaining and insightful
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
Schrödinger’s schism
The Anglican Communion, for all of its internal disagreements, has yet to fall apart
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Awards ceremonies are erasing women
Biological males should not receive awards intended for women
International Women’s Day is useless for women
IWD has become a celebration of evasion and irrationality
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect