Cool
Gaspingly chic
The accoutrements of smoking are deathly cool
The Sexual Revolution has failed Generation X women
More freedom won’t cure the disease
The post-feminist Labour Party
What does Keir Starmer have to be proud of?
The unification of Germany
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the path of German unification, from the failed revolutions of 1848 to the creation of Bismarck’s Reich
The American nightmare
Rakib’s Britain: America’s toxic racial politics cannot be allowed to take root in Britain
BBC butterflies
Trans charity Global Butterflies seems harmless — but are they really cuckoos in the nest?
Nigeria’s elephant in the room
Christians are being targeted in widespread violence
Pushkin House beats a bomb threat
A note of dread on a night about Eurasianism
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far
We demand supply
There is no alternative to building houses
Oh, the humanities
Not your average masturbatory scholarship
Democracy without a demos
We have to overcome post-1989 illusions