26 August – 1 September 2022
IN THIS ISSUE
12
Race after 9/11
Ellen-Peirson Hagger meets the novelist Mohsin Hamid
14
Education, education, education
Philip Collins on the case for abolishing GCSEs
18
System shock
Duncan Weldon on the coming economic crisis
28
Myth and monument
Tanya Gold asks: what remains of Princess Diana?
36
Delusional diplomacy
David Edgerton on the misadventures of Global Britain
51
Blood and fire
Rachel Cooke on the Game of Thrones prequel
A parched planet
John Burnside on the resilience of nature
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