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Forgotten dream
Martin Luther King and the demise of liberal Protestantism
The Joe must go on
Can anyone stop Biden from running again in 2024?
Problems shared
The rise and fall of agony aunts
A man of letters
The intellectual legacy of Pope Benedict XVI
Seed of doubt
How worried should we be about falling sperm counts?
‘There’s no point governing with the brakes on’
Simon Clarke on what the PM can learn from ‘radical’ Liz Truss
Power play
The age of AI diplomacy
The push for peace
How to avoid another world war
The polite radical
After a tumultuous year, Rishi Sunak is taking stock
Voices in the wilderness
Russia’s exiled media should be protected, not shut down
Close harmony
Handel’s Messiah is as much a Christmas tradition as pantomime
‘I’m drawn to the drama of the chase’
Tom Holland and Robert Harris on interpreting history, eco-radicals and why monarchy is essential
The best journey in the world
Nothing compares with Antarctica
Top drawer
Quentin Blake’s long history with The Spectator
How to fail upwards
The comical incompetents who give hope to us all
Letter from Ukraine
Lazarivka Snow has covered the fields and forests of much of Ukraine. When the sun reigns in the…
Origin story
The James Webb Space telescope is changing our understanding of the universe
U-turn if you want to
Illustrated by James Weston Lewis
