Ann Kennedy Smith
Ann Kennedy Smith is a freelance author and researcher based in Cambridge.
The ascent of Barbara Pym
A chronicler of the overlooked, she has at last got her just literary deserts
Labour’s looming constitutional vandalism
A Labour landslide will complete the Blairite destruction of Britain’s unique constitution
The gender wars have not been won
“No debate” has been defeated — but the debate is still ongoing
Why did the Eye look away?
Surely a title known for investigative journalism would be concerned by a series of trans scandals
Blairism at its most zealous
The Labour manifesto is a recipe for bland bureaucratic managerialism
Bedlam bingo
Sex, death, sado-masochism and blasphemy in a heady cocktail
British lessons for Canadian politics
What can the experiences of the Labour Party teach Pierre Poilievre?
On Américanisation
French life is being transformed by the influence of American culture
Don’t let the government poach your pouch
A moral panic is brewing over nicotine pouches
Hungary: treading a fine line
Can it stay equidistant from the great powers while maintaining trade connectivity?
Music for a disintegrating world
Valentin Silvestrov: Widmung, Postludium (Naxos)