Book Review
Wrestling with recovery
There is no binary between sickness and health
Back door diplomacy
A fine history of Operation Chiffon
The preserve of the forelock-tuggers
Modern Buildings in Britain offers an encyclopaedia of potential future losses
Gazing out of the abyss
How to live, in spite of everything
Don’t believe the hype
The use of author testimonials to sell books is a performative exercise in gilding the lily
Censorious sadism
We are never far away from abuse and ostracism
Taking the clown seriously
Jolyon Maugham’s prose is funny, but his ideas are dangerous
Old Man River
For centuries, the Po has been the lifeblood of Northern Italy
Killing and kissing
An engaging account of sex in wartime
In the court of the Mughal emperor
Why remember the embarrassing first steps of a giant?
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
The Church of England has to rebuild trust
The next Archbishop must love this church back into health
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
Don’t exploit Gisèle Pelicot’s story
Her legal triumph should be the start and not the end of the reckoning
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
The strange history of Keir Starmer and assisted suicide
How long, and to what extent, has the prime minister supported legalisation?
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
