Public Services
Enough to drive you insane
The driving test logjam is a depressing symptom of national dysfunction
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching