January 1, 2021

How campus politics went global On Beauty: At the start of the century, Zadie Smith identified a tendency that's grown to monstrous proportions

Sarah Ditum

01.01

Charting the decline of the American Republic The Age of Entitlement: Christopher Caldwell sees in the 1960s the beginning of the country's divisions

Ed West

31.12

Was the British Empire a curse? The Long Way Back: Margot Bennett sounds a warning that all such imperial projects are doomed

Matthew Sweet

30.12

The nerds who saw the dangers of Covid Rationality: From AI to Zombies: An element of the online community was way ahead of scientists and experts

Tom Chivers

30.12

Stop bad-mouthing the BBC The War Against the BBC: Like it or not, the majority of Brits trust — and value — Auntie

Sam Leith

29.12

The Left is paralysed by disgust If you hate your country, you cannot change it

Justin Webb

29.12

The first black superhero of the modern age Black Spartacus: This biography of revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture could not be more timely

Ralph Leonard

28.12

The technocratic tedium of modern politics Religion and the Rise of Capitalism: RH Tawney said we should treat socio-economic questions with the beauty, drama, tragedy and pathos they deserve

Dan Hitchens

28.12

How random are your politics? Vexed: James Mumford suggests we should reject package-deal politics

Louise Perry

24.12

How will you remember this year? Good Grief: Embracing Life At A Time of Death: Two grieving wives share their experience of loss

Polly Mackenzie

23.12

Libertarianism never ends well A Libertarian Walks Into A Bear: An experiment in living without restrictions couldn't survive some hungry bears

Mary Harrington