Spartans
Who really got Brexit done?
British sovereignty has been restored – thanks to ERG obstinacy and Keir Starmer’s epic miscalculation
Spartans who remade Britain
If the Spartans had voted for May’s deal, Brussels and Corbyn would have been in control
The problem with American isolationism
Despite the histrionics of domestic American opinion, a single rocket attack in Syria does not indicate that Biden’s foreign policy is likely to be more aggressive
Having what it takes to secede
Only a tiny minority of independence movements have been both peaceful and successful
Gaming Holyrood
Will unionists or nationalists succeed in beating the Scottish system?
Hard science is Priti difficult
Getting schooled by the facts of life
The detransitioners
Is it transphobic to worry about people who regret their surgery? David Scullion speaks to psychotherapist James Caspian and photographer Laura Dodsworth
France since De Gaulle: a radical or conservative republic?
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about French reforms and continuities from Georges Pompidou to Francois Hollande.
Nature’s design
Gardens start with a pencil and paper says Hephzibah Anderson
Beware the power of muscle memory
The ability to train our malleable minds is both a blessing and a curse—as the grand social re-engineering experiment of Covid-19 lockdowns is revealing
Squeaks and bumps
Dominic Hilton reminisces about his father’s hoard of bizarre avant-garde CDs, LPs and cassette tapes
Letter from Washington: Is Biden serious about bipartisanship?
The president is pleasing progressives at the expense of his other campaign commitments