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England

March 25, 2026

Ideas

How to Guess If Your Job Will Exist in Five Years

Annie Lowrey

March 25, 2026

Black-and-white illustration of a horse pulling a cart full of coal, overlaid with yellow dots.

Photography

Photos of the Week: Reindeer Sprint, Iditarod Trail, Tattoo Festival

Alan Taylor

March 13, 2026

A cat walks among miniature cars in a model parking lot at a zoo, making it appear as if the cat was gigantic.

Book Recommendations

Six Books That Simply Must Be Talked About

Rhian Sasseen

March 10, 2026

Two people holding books to their ears like phones

Family

The Father-Daughter Divide

Isabel Woodford

February 2, 2026

a black and white photograph of a father and daughter on a see saw next to a large tree

Technology

The Future of Film Is Behind Us

Daniel Engber

December 20, 2025

An audience wearing 3-D glasses in a movie theater

Photography

Photos of the Week: Christmas Market, Mountain Frost, Penguin Outing

Alan Taylor

November 21, 2025

A giraffe rears on its hind legs, puling against ropes as a group of rangers try to guide it into a crate for transport.

America at 250

July 10, 2025

Culture

The Oddball British Comedy Show I Thought I’d Hate (And Learned to Love)

David Sims

May 8, 2025

Books

What Shakespeare Got Right About PTSD

James Shapiro

March 21, 2025

Two old drawings, one of a man in front of columns and one of mounted soldiers in battle, with a red cross over the two

Time-Travel Thursdays

The Brilliant Stupidity of Internet Speak

Kaitlyn Tiffany

February 13, 2025

Ideas

The ‘Gulf of America’ Is an Admission of Defeat

David Frum

February 13, 2025

An illustration showing a topographical map of a small United States floating in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.

Books

A Novelist Who Looks Into the Dark

Adam Begley

March 2025 Issue

illustration with sketched portraits of Ali Smith with multicolored marks and scribbles

Ideas

Elon Musk Imagined a Cover-Up

Helen Lewis

January 16, 2025

A black-and-white photo of Elon Musk in a suit and tie, looking back over his left shoulder.

Books Briefing

The Lessons of Aging

Maya Chung

October 11, 2024

An older person's hand holds a book open on a towel.

Books

Alan Hollinghurst’s Lost England

Charles McGrath

November 2024 Issue

Culture

The Goal That Saved England

James Parker

July 4, 2024

Jude Bellingham wearing his soccer jersey, back turned towards the camera. He is looking up and towards the right.

Family

Why AI Doesn’t Get Slang

Caleb Madison

October 28, 2023

Photo of paper cut-outs of the word "rizz" layered on top of one another

Ideas

The English Don’t Get to Decide What’s Cricket and What’s Not

Matt Seaton

July 8, 2023

Ideas

Can the Left Make Peace With a National Flag?

Helen Lewis

July 3, 2023

Photo of English soccer manager Gareth Southgate

Science

Climate Change Could Remake Tides

Doug Johnson

April 22, 2023

World Cup: The Great Game

At Last, the Americans Have Arrived

Franklin Foer

November 25, 2022

Weston McKennie of the U.S. controls the ball while England's Luke Shaw looks on

World Cup: The Great Game

Empires of Soccer

Tom McTague

November 25, 2022

England fans wear masks of players and hold up an English flag

Culture

The Petulant King

Caitlin Flanagan

December 2022 Issue

illustration of King Charles III with hand-drawn gold crown upside down around his ears on blue background

Global

England Can’t Take the Heat

Tom McTague

July 20, 2022

A person puts their arm to their forehead in a parched field.

Ideas

The Sociopolitical Significance of One Very Clumsy Soccer Match

Joe Dunthorne

June 26, 2022

Illustration of Albert Camus holding a soccer ball

Culture

Why I’m Supporting England at Euro 2020

Clint Smith

July 9, 2021

Two England players from 2021 placed over a photo of the 1966 team

Global

What Euro 2020 Has Revealed About Englishness

Yasmeen Serhan

July 8, 2021

England's national men's soccer team blurred in rainbow colors

Books

The Singular Achievement of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

James Parker

December 14, 2020

Alec McGuinness in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Global

John le Carré Knew England’s Secrets

Tom McTague

December 14, 2020

John le Carré is pictured sitting at an armchair with a notepad on his lap in March 1965.

Book Excerpts

“I Don’t See How to Write a Book Without People in It”

Virginia Woolf

October 1976 Issue

Health

Fighting the Flu

Mona Gardner

February 1941 Issue

During the influenza epidemic, members of the Red Cross Motor Corps, all in uniform with cloth face masks, pose for a portrait with stretchers behind a row of ambulances, St Louis, Missouri, October 1918.

Global

India’s Demand and England’s Answer

Jawaharlal Nehru

April 1940 Issue

Sections

The Print Edition

Atlantic Trivia for March 25, 2026: A Little Dickens

How to Guess If Your Job Will Exist in Five Years

Photos of the Week: Reindeer Sprint, Iditarod Trail, Tattoo Festival

Six Books That Simply Must Be Talked About

The Father-Daughter Divide

The Future of Film Is Behind Us

Photos of the Week: Christmas Market, Mountain Frost, Penguin Outing

Why Did Benjamin Franklin’s Son Remain Loyal to the British?

The Myth of Mad King George

For Those About to Mock

Who’s Afraid of Being Middlebrow?

The Oddball British Comedy Show I Thought I’d Hate (And Learned to Love)

What Shakespeare Got Right About PTSD

The Brilliant Stupidity of Internet Speak

The ‘Gulf of America’ Is an Admission of Defeat

A Novelist Who Looks Into the Dark

Elon Musk Imagined a Cover-Up

The Lessons of Aging

Alan Hollinghurst’s Lost England

The Goal That Saved England

Why AI Doesn’t Get Slang

The English Don’t Get to Decide What’s Cricket and What’s Not

Can the Left Make Peace With a National Flag?

Climate Change Could Remake Tides

At Last, the Americans Have Arrived

Empires of Soccer

The Petulant King

England Can’t Take the Heat

The Sociopolitical Significance of One Very Clumsy Soccer Match

Why I’m Supporting England at Euro 2020

What Euro 2020 Has Revealed About Englishness

The Singular Achievement of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

John le Carré Knew England’s Secrets

“I Don’t See How to Write a Book Without People in It”

Fighting the Flu

India’s Demand and England’s Answer