Sweden
Sweden’s failed liberal project
Why does a country once regarded as a model of moderation and progressiveness now have the highest level of gun violence in Europe?
A moral panic about moral panics?
We are in danger of making unhinged generalisations about unhinged generalisers
The soul of Swedes
On the contested state of Swedish cultural identity
Why is the United States making concessions to Turkey?
The US should re-evaluate its interests in Europe
Allan Pettersson: Barefoot songs (BIS)
Sweden scorned the composer who could have been its greatest
The brave new world of Swedish education
What is “post-truth” schooling?
The Scandi-noir plot to change Sweden
Sweden couldn’t have been as bad as depicted in Sjowall and Wahloo’s novels – after all it produced ABBA and Ikea
Boris’s Corona Catastrophe
An indolent, blustering prime minister surrounded by supine, vacuous incompetents
Live free and die: Sweden’s coronavirus experience
What have we learnt from the coronavirus outlier?
It’s hurting but it’s just not working
The government’s Covid-19 cure is worse than the virus
Truss alone
Young Liz was accidentally left in charge of the country, only to be menaced by the worst sort of criminals: Tory MPs
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
Prepare for takeoff
Masters of the Air is a visually impressive aerial WW2 adventure with the potential to go far
Full steam ahead!
How British canal boats steamed towards the future
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
