Easter Sunday, 2020
Poetry by Rowan Williams
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Eliot’s editorial legacy
"The purpose of this magazine, and the sign of its intelligence, is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind simultaneously"
Emmanuel Macron’s petite crise
The unpopular president’s reforms exposed a deep discontent. The response to the pandemic has made his problems worse
Dress sense
‘My own red carpet days have long since mutated into brown lino nights, but looking back at the times I borrowed a designer frock for a nomination, I usually spent the evening
Infectious enthusiasms
Hard times on stage—and off it
A breath of fresh paint
A revival in figurative art and the changing face of portraiture
A boy’s own adventure
Privileged images: the photography of Jacques Henri Lartigue
Well-tempered tones
A celebration of Sufi sounds in Rajasthan offers much to treasure
Toponymic subjugation
Excessive politeness by Britons is making a mess of place names at home and abroad
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics
A hinge in history
The tumult in Kiev 15 years ago seemed a victory for progress and idealism—but the Orange Revolution marked the furthest point of democracy’s advance
Robert Conquest: Garland for a Propagandist
The Commissar of Bray: Robert Conquest satirises Communist hackery