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Issue: January/February 2014

The Enemy Within
Jack Ryan is a modern hero taking on a modern Russia
Brendan Simms

Playing With The Devil
When should sporting events be boycotted?
Lincoln Allison

Pareto Humanity
The 19th-century Italian's musings on political and economics hold surprising insights into what it is to be human
Lincoln Allison

A Roman Pilgrimage
George Weigel

England’s Dammed Stream Of Poetry
'Good writing, like clear thinking, is very hard to teach or to learn. If the writer has something to say, the words come naturally; if not, no amount of instruction will help.'
Daniel Johnson

Ideas, Please
Far from being 'alien' to young voters, the Conservative party has the scope to become the natural party of the under-25s
Harriet Maltby

Ziggy’s Fall
You’d expect it from David Beckham or Brad Pitt, but doesn’t David Bowie have too much integrity to appear in a Louis Vuitton ad? Apparently not
Celia Walden

Papal Pessimist
Pope Francis should level his criticism at socialism and corporatism, not the free market, in his attempt to help the poor
Philip Booth

Freedom to Choose
The authors of a report criticising a new law to tackle forced marriage deploy the worst kind of cultural relativism 
Anna McKie

Holocaust Amnesia
People who argue that Holocaust Memorial Day is past its sell-by date are wrong. There is still so much to learn from such unprecedented evil
Tom Gross

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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