Twentieth Century
Crooked timber
A fine survey of the life and work of Isiah Berlin
A forgotten writer brought to life
Shirley Hazzard stuck doggedly to exploring love — a theme unfashionable even then
The grand old man and the ingénue queen
The devotion between Britain’s wartime premier and its greatest modern monarch
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
Diversity is not our strength
The Khan Review reveals a society needlessly splintered along ethno-religious lines
Full steam ahead!
How British canal boats steamed towards the future
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
The menopause is no joke
It is time to stop being so facetious about women’s health
Where is so much gender confusion coming from?
The scope of inquiry into gender and young people should be expanded to schools
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
