Brief encounters and romps in the park
George Orwell pursued women with enthusiasm and varying degrees of success
Why do we review books?
D.J. Taylor reflects on nearly four decades of hard graft on the literary pages
Adventures in La-La Land
Simon Callow reviews A Fate Worse than Hollywood by David Ambrose
Rescue British industry. Sell the pound.
John Mills believes a new exchange rate policy is key to rebalancing the currency
Sir Roger Scruton – The Last Commission
Sir Roger Scruton’s superhuman approach in the last months of his life
The Critic Interview: Gilbert and George
Michael Prodger meets the defiantly independent duo who back Brexit and resent the hostility of the art establishment towards them
Rethinking Military Revolutions
Professor Black discloses the themes and thoughts of his upcoming, final, pre-retirement lecture
Naughty but nice
Every six months or so opera surfaces from its undersea lair, like a Bond villain, to enter public consciousness — generally when it’s been naughty.