Norwich lives
I fear I’m turning into one of Norwich’s sassortment of local characters
Diana Lampwick: Dutiful daughter
A pinch of Tolkien diffused in a pool muddied by the feet of Michael Moorcock
Emma Booster
Her novels occupy the curious, contested space that stretches between literary fiction and commercial romance
Miriam Spector
Sad to relate, there are celebrity ghostwriters who despise their clients
Abigail Lamb Festival Fodder
Disaster strikes at the literary festival
On Linden Green
The reverential nature writer
Arnold Leverett: Veteran Playwright
If the theatres staging his work are getting smaller, the list of his celebrity admirers is still extensive
Max Grubb
Resentful Academic
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
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Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
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It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
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How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
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Let’s try subtlety
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Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
It’s time to scrap SLAPPs
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation are stifling debate in Britain
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.