Britain Today: Part I
Do the moral and cultural values which sustained Britain during World War II still exist today? David Pryce-Jones looks at the outward indicators-”and the realities they disguise-”to answer this urgent question.
Britain Today: Part II
About a century ago, the term “man of letters” was in Britain replaced by “intellectual.” Daniel Johnson examines the difference between the two, and what that difference says about the state of the life of the (British) mind.
Britain Today: Part III
The British are experiencing a collective identity crisis. John O’Sullivan explains why, and why halting its progress is the surest way to protect Britain from decline.
Britain Today: Part IV
The recent referendums in France and Holland rejecting the proposed EU constitution are not a setback but the possible salvation of Europe. Rodney Leach explains why.
Britain Today: Part V
On some British virtues, once commonplace, that are today increasingly hard to find.
Britain Today: Part VI
The Church of England is under assault-”and the enemies are within. Peter Mullen, Chaplain to the Stock Exchange, tells us why the “whole institution is like a psychotic kindergarten,” and what must be done about it.
Britain Today: Part VII
Kenneth Minogue explores the moral life, or lack thereof, of modern Britain, and how it differs from that of past generations.
Britain Today: Part VIII
How the English-speaking world is-and isn’t-celebrating Admiral Nelson’s famous victory.
Britain Today: Part IX
An amusing look at some of the unusual Americans who have called London home.
On the new trend of “stenodrama”-plays written from interview and courtroom transcripts. It’s about authenticity: “If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”
On “Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865-1885,” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
On “Joshua Reynolds: The Creation of Celebrity” at Tate Modern, London, from May 26 to September 18, 2005 and “Frida Kahlo” at Tate Modern, London, from June 9 to October 9, 2005.
On “Robert Smithson” at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
On Thomas Ades’s piano quintet, Peter Maxwell Davies’s Naxos Quartet No. 3, two string quartets of Christos Hatzis, and David Del Tredici’s Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter.
On how to manufacture a scandal, media-style.
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On James Lees-Milne’s Ceaseless Turmoil: Diaries 1988-1992.
On David Berlinski’s Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics.
On Chris Cleave’s Incendiary.
On Lilliput, the clever litle magazine that helped to see England through the Second World War.
On Keith Windschuttle’s “The journalism of warfare” (June 2005).
A reply to David Chandler.
Notes & Comments
“Oh, to be in England…”
by The Editors
On the contents and purpose of our special section on “Britain today.”