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FROM THE MAGAZINE

July 2020

‘What’s really happening in America is a crisis of authority, from the White House down to your local police precinct. This in turn derives from a crisis in America’s identity — and that’s not about race or racism. It is a crisis in national confidence.’

Place

Flavors of the past

Visiting Uzbekistan is a huge adventure

By Lesley Downer

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Home

Stargazing under lockdown

The late great American astronomer Leslie Peltier was onto something

By Bill Kauffman

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Place

Custard and coffee

Lisbon is the perfect weekend destination to do very little

By James Delingpole

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Place

No smokes without buyer

Hunting cigarettes up I-95

By Benjamin Riley

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Home

In praise of French doctors

Thirty-five years ago, my nurse had competed against an English team who played rugby with a violence that was incredible

By Jeremy Clarke

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High Life

Switzerland is now an enemy of the rich

The new socialist regime in Bern is out to kill the golden calf and is succeeding

By Taki

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Diary

Can COVID-19 tell whether a protest is progressive?

Clearly the virus targets especially working-class and middle-class workplaces and industries…

By Sohrab Ahmari

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