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Issue: December 2018 / January 2019

Europe’s destiny
"There was nothing unavoidable about the predicament in which the United Kingdom now finds itself"
Daniel Johnson

False parity
"Many of our politicians appear much more at ease when condemning the far Right than they ever are when talking about Islamists"
Tom Wilson

Growth pains
Why is the UK's growth rate so low and how can we solve the problem?
John Mills

Off the rails
It's 119 years since the last southbound main line to London was built — will HS2 do any better than the Great Central Railway?
Christopher Fildes

Encore! Encore!
Encores are an adornment to concert life — like a dessert, completing a meal, or an after-dinner mint
Jay Nordlinger

Expand and contract
‘If contractionary fiscal policy can be expansionary, could expansionary fiscal policy be contractionary?’
Tim Congdon

Vienna’s empty streets
‘Walk along any but the main streets of Vienna at any time and you cannot shift the feeling that there just aren’t enough people’
Douglas Murray

Damage and disillusion
‘Among large sections of the middle class, the belief in British good fortune and British good sense has vanished. Politically, I cannot see where their anger goes’
Nick Cohen

Defeat, deal, or no deal?
‘If we know one thing about Theresa May, it is that she always wants to carry on, however bad the outlook’
Michael Mosbacher

The Troubles cast a shadow over Brexit
As the controversial prosecution of British soldiers shows, Northern Ireland’s past still has the potential to scupper peace and prosperity
John Ware

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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