CONTENT

i Leading article

The curse of conservatism iv Brown study

Neil Brown v Australian notes

Treaties Piers Akerman vi The man from Wagga Wagga

How low didi Phil go? Judith Sloan vii Business/Robbery, etc.

Climate change policy: worse than climate change? Michael Baume viii Meat versus Greens

The latest plan to doctor your diet Kerry Wakefield ix Tough times for fake meat

Is Bill Gates beyond meat? Rebecca Weisser x Vote out the lockdown thugs

Never again allow Covid abuse James Allan xi Population interruptus

Xi wants more babies Kevin Andrews xii Shadows over New Zealand

End of an era Amy Brooke

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THE WEEK Chef d’oeuvre, p32

3 Leading article 4 Portrait of the Week 5 Diary

War has come home to Russia Owen Matthews 6 Politics

How high a price will Truss pay? James Forsyth 7 The Spectator’s Notes

The genius of Hilary Mantel Charles Moore 11 Rod Liddle No such luck 18 Ancient and modern Sex objects 15 Douglas Murray

I’m in trouble with the police 17 Barometer Monarchs’ homes,

green growth and party capitals 18 Matthew Parris

Maybe Nanny does know best 20 Lionel Shriver

Shame should not be heritable 21 Letters Putin’s options, the loss of pews and ballet’s future 22 Any other business

The City’s reaction to Kwarteng’s unfunded plan is entirely rational Martin Vander Weyer

Not so average Joe, p24

8 What crisis?

The politics of panic Kate Andrews 9 ‘We’re so close’

Labour’s cautious optimism Katy Balls 10 Author’s notebook

The politics of driving a Tesla Bernard Cornwell 12 Marching order

Why has Oxford killed off a much-loved Catholic college? Dan Hitchens 14 Killer in our midst

Red kites should never have been reintroduced to Britain Paul Sargeantson 16 Border lines

There’s a growing sense that tomorrow belongs to Sinn Fein Jenny McCartney 19 The prince of paradox

Is it fascist or anti-fascist to quote G.K. Chesterton, or neither? Sam Leith 23 The Vintage Chef Olivia Potts

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