06/08/2021 - 1:05am

The narcissistic fall of France Is the country really on the brink of civil war?

Michel Houellebecq

07.06

Fascism isn’t coming In this age of political hypochondria, everyone wants to be a hero

Ed West

04.06

The importance of a midlife crisis After 40, the only thing waiting is death — and Radio 2

Andrew Watts

03.06

Crying is now a political weapon In the age of the sobbing selfie, it doesn't matter if your tears are real

Mary Harrington

02.06

Nero wasn’t ‘misunderstood’ The British Museum's new exhibition lets the murderous emperor off the hook

Boyd Tonkin

31.05

The problem with power couples Meritocracy has been corrupted by a new ruling class

Adrian Wooldridge

28.05

How the culture wars came for history Woke historians want to expose lies about the past — even when they don't exist

Dominic Sandbrook

27.05

Dominic Cummings is writing history His narrative of grotesque incompetence will eventually cut through

Ed West

27.05

We can’t be Friends any more The sitcom sold an empty promise of total connection and freedom

Mary Harrington

26.05

Germany’s First World War guilt The Huns' war crimes were the gateway to Nazism

John Lewis-Stempel

25.05

What conservatives can learn from Karl Marx Sohrab Ahmari's new book makes a strong case for tradition — but ignores material reality

Niall Gooch

24.05

The day American justice died A year after George Floyd's death, the powerless have been abandoned

Bret Weinstein