Book Review
Dissection of a doomed doctrine
By 2016, the once hegemonic neoliberal order came apart
Interesting times
The problem with low interest rates
Not necessarily the end of the world
The biggest existential threat to humans is now humanity
Swansongs and southern discomfort
Three new novels plough the furrow between popular and literary fiction
Head boy and head-scratchers
Come autumn, competing literary establishments parade their best
The boy who would be King of the World
Alex Rowson treats us to glimmering passages of life at Philip II’s court
A literary master of wine
There’s a gap in the market for Andrew Jefford’s next great book
A flawed blueprint for the Left
How far can the Left’s project succeed without its totemic leader?
The roots of German militarism
Generations of general staff put their faith in the knockout blow
The beauty and richness of Brum
Richard Vinen offers a rewarding portrait of ordinary lives and increasingly mediocre politicians
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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
Going for Broke
It’s that time of year to publicly humiliate oneself with Cheltenham tips
Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws