July 2020

‘What’s really happening in America is a crisis of authority, from the White House down to your local police precinct. This in turn derives from a crisis in America’s identity — and that’s not about race or racism. It is a crisis in national confidence.’


Art July 1, 2020

Revolution then: The Patriot stands alone

Gibson achieves peace of mind by dismembering a redcoat with a hatchet

Craig Bruce Smith

Books July 1, 2020

Something woke this way comes

Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World by Tara Isabella Burton reviewed

Andrew Stuttaford

Books July 1, 2020

Money trouble

Foretelling the End of Capitalism: Intellectual Misadventures Since Marx by Francesco Boldizzoni reviewed

Frank Lawton

Books July 1, 2020

Tori rebel

Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Courage and Change by Tori Amos reviewed

Andrew Doyle

Books July 1, 2020

The fatwa artists

Twitter mobs are making journalism and literature more boring

Matt Purple