Book Review
Murders for June
Prepare to be taken to church – this month offers up rich description, promising debuts, and a clerical mystery that manages moral seriousness
Houellebecq, joy and Jesus
A morbid pessimist reminds us of the purity of faith
Words can never hurt?
A new satire skewers the publishing industry
Unflinching view of a fall from grace
If Carrère can be so honest, there is hope for lesser sinners
Names in the frame
All human emotions find their expression on the green baize
Against inhumane architecture
A new book deconstructs nihilistic pretensions of intellectuals
Cutting Edge
A new novel brilliantly skewers gender theory
The making of a modern prophet
Taylor’s impressive second biography of Orwell is more than justified
Sterility as liberation
Sex positivity drains the erotic of existential meaning
Will TikTok take to Tocqueville?
Popular history can be more than everything ribald and rip-roaring and frenetic and fun
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
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
International law, what is it good for?
International law should not be the sole guide to foreign policy
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
The man who ended overreach
Lord Reed’s tenure as president of the Supreme Court has been admired by those who value the stability of the law
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering