AUSTRALIAN CONTENT
i Leading articles
Roll up Rising seas iv Dis-con notes
Two revolutionary ideas John Stone v Covid ’science’, lockdowns
and flat-earthers Experts have destroyed their own credibility Ramesh Thakur vi Australian notes
What would happen after a loss? James Allan vii Insufficient intent
Glasgow Grand Final Judith Sloan viii Business/Robbery etc.
A better way to spend the BCA’s $50 billion Michael Baume ix Once were revolutionaries
Left is what it despised Kerry Wakefield x The Covid hunt
Woke elites declare war on the unvaccinated Rebecca Weisser xi A different Afghanistan
ISKP and the Taliban Qanta Ahmed xii Xi’s battle for absolute contro
Politics is local. Even in China Kevin Andrews
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Ain’t easy being green, p12
THE WEEK
3 Leading article 4 Portrait of the Week 5 Diary Would your party
pass the ‘Gove Test’? Andrew Roberts 6 Politics The dangers of
a Covid state of mind James Forsyth 7 Rod Liddle
Israel has been spared Sally Rooney 11 Douglas Murray The pandemic
has made cynics of us all 12 Barometer ‘Problematic’ villages,
greenhouse gases and Covid measures 15 Ancient and modern
Aristotle and transphobia 19 Julie Burchill The sultans of sulk 20 Letters The looming energy crisis,
bungalows and in praise of Irn Bru 21 Any other business
Why we should all start hoarding cash and loo rolls Martin Vander Weyer
Charles Moore is away.
Basic witch, p26
8 Baby doomers
The generation putting the planet before parenthood Madeleine Kearns 9 N.S. Thompson
‘Latchkey Kids’: a poem 10 You must be kidding
There’s no way I could bring children into this world Tom Woodman 12 Pass judgment
Italy’s anti-Green Pass movement has a new figurehead Manfred Manera 14 Right turn
Boris is returning conservatism to its roots Tim Stanley 16 Goodbye to Beirut
What has happened to Lebanon is a tragedy Paul Wood 17 Letter from Gozo
The problem with fish eyes Prue Leith 18 Whatnots to like
The joy of a cluttered museum Laura Freeman
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