Society
Derailing the gravy train
The question of human rights, Christian morals and Western ethics has hitherto been an academic debate; now it is in the public arena
The gay anti-Nazi brotherhood
In recognising the threat Hitler posed and swimming against the tide of public opinion, the glamour boys defied the stereotypes
Public Enemy Number whatever
Frederic Raphael defends his friend, the writer Joseph Epstein, latest victim of America’s cancel culture for daring to mock Jill Biden’s doctorate
Did Gaullism save France?
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the French experience from the liberation of 1944 through to the student unrest of 1968
France between Belle Epoque and Blitzkrieg
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about what made French politics and society distinctive in the decades before and after WWI
Sharing the great American dream
The Upswing by Robert Putnam, with Shaylyn Romney Garrett
The comings and goings of “Club Cupido”
Dominic Hilton recalls the cast of characters at a Buenos Aires club de barrio
Training for nothing
Nick Cohen laments the pandemic’s effect on competitions
From Brick Lane to Brixton
Stoddard Martin delves into a world beyond police and courtroom, with its own code of right and wrong, in Gerald Jacobs’s Pomeranski
What made eighteenth century Britain such an innovative society?
And how did Britain become a trendsetting nation?
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
What does the Scottish Hate Crime and Public Order Act really say?
Misunderstandings are the fault of Police Scotland and government ministers
The age of the Sex Olympics
It is time to resist the pornification of the modern world
All small talk
Dwarf uprisings, Daleks and disreputable handymen
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
Cricket’s triple threat
Some have the granddaddy knack
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
