March 3, 2021

Twilight of the American empire After years of liberal imperialism, the US has finally overstretched itself

Aris Roussinos

17.02

‘Slam poetry’ is all rhyme no reason Today's court poets reflect a society that's given up on shared values

Mary Harrington

12.02

Trump’s legacy: dinosaur porn Were the ferocious culture wars of the last administration a proxy for forbidden passions?

Sam Leith

10.02

How China bought Britain’s universities Our cash-strapped campuses are turning to Beijing — but at what cost to national security?

Mark Edmonds

08.02

China’s plan for medical domination If there's another pandemic, the West could be dependent on Beijing for vaccine development

Steve Boggan

02.02

What America can learn from Russia Spiralling addiction, inequality and an oligarch class can pave the way for authoritarianism

Daniel Kalder

19.01

The American Dream that failed With Western democracy in chaos, John Rawls's utopia remains vanishingly elusive

Dominic Sandbrook

18.01

Trumpism is here to stay Even with the President gone, his shadow will loom large over the Republican Party

Eric Kaufmann

11.01

Why America is haunted by Ancient Rome Even as the Capitol was seized, historical parallels were being drawn

Tom Holland

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

2020: the year the elites failed upwards After months of repeated errors and deceptions, experts and institutions are more powerful than ever

Jacob Siegel

04.11

The President’s speech was scarily good When he used the F-word, Trump knew exactly what he was doing

Sam Leith