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Issue: December 2017 / January 2018

An appeal
Daniel Johnson

Pure filth
When it comes to walking, be independent and indefatigable, like Jane Austen's heroines — and Jane Austen herself
Laura Freeman

Tunnel vision
The original designs of the Thames Tunnel were auctioned at Bonhams in London for £200,000 in November
Marina Gerner

End of the affair
Hilary Spurling's biography of Anthony Powell contains a surprising revelation: that Powell's wife had an affair during the Second World War
Robert Low

Brexit and Balfour
'We need a national debate about the kind of country we now hope to be; and we need it now.'
Daniel Johnson

Halfway to wisdom
‘Did anyone anywhere predict that Harvey Weinstein would bring down the British
Defence Secretary? Yet people still confidently pronounce on life after Brexit’
Douglas Murray

The messy methods of macroeconomics
‘Economists’ assertion of professional status is spurious because of the utter shambles that is macroeconomics’
Tim Congdon

Collectivised clicks
‘As Silicon Valley comes to Washington, the pattern of 21st-century journalism is emerging’
Dominic Green

Could Corbyn get the keys to No. 10?
‘The next election is due in May 2022. Does Jeremy Corbyn have any chance of becoming Prime Minister before then?’
Michael Mosbacher

Sex, politics and the new blasphemy
Westminster is scandalised by sexual harassment that would once have been treated as a joke. But does the nation take it quite so seriously?
Andrew Gimson

An autumn note
“For many, the end of this uneasy year cannot come quickly enough”
Andreas Campomar

An ordinary killing
Ian Cobain’s book uses the killing of Millar McAllister to paint a meticulous portrait of the Troubles
Chris Mullin

Greater—not wiser
John Mullan elucidates the genius of Charles Dickens
Anthony Quinn
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