DECEMBER ISSUE

Germany Gets It: Daniel Johnson says Angela Merkel has grasped the real threat to the West

William Shawcross: Rupert Murdoch is Right - Again

Katharine Birbalsingh: My Class War

Anthony Loyd: The Afghan Surge is Working

Norman Lebrecht: How to Save the Arts

John Bolton/Julie Bindel/Jonathan Bate/Nick Boles/Daniel Hannan/Michael Nazir-Ali/Ottoline Leyser/Clive James/Lionel Shriver/George Walden/Tibor Fischer/Conrad Leyser/Minette Marrin/Paul Johnson/Timothy Fuller/Daisy Waugh/Michael Burleigh