22 March – 4 April 2024

IN THIS ISSUE

26 Voices at dawn Helen Macdonald on the richness of birdsong

30 The end of the Tavistock Hannah Barnes on the closure of the child gender clinic

38 Losing our religion Robert Colls on the shuttering of a Methodist chapel

42 The new class struggle Michael Lind on the farmer protests sweeping the globe

48 Music of humanity Ian Bostridge on the power of Bach’s St John Passion

54 Rotten state Marina Wheeler on the crisis in public standards

60 There will be blood Megan Nolan on Stephen King’s Carrie 50 years on

Death of a church: Robert Colls on faith and the public realm

Helen Macdonald on birdsong

Politics’ downward spiral

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