David Evanier
David Evanier is the author of ten books and a former senior editor of the Paris Review. He received the Aga Khan Fiction Prize and his work has appeared in Best American Short Stories
A spy all along
Morton Sobell went on trial for espionage with the Rosenbergs. His devotion to communism fascinated me
Socialism with Starmerite characteristics
The coming-out party of the Labour moderates had distinctly totalitarian vibes
Iain Banks: a double life
His disturbing debut, The Wasp Factory, is being reissued this year
Is Scottish independence really dead?
Labour’s “more devolution” policy will only strengthen the cause in the long term
The UK’s war on free speech
Street violence is being met with restrictions on online speech by a Labour government desperate to clamp down on opinion
Why we should give votes to kids
It would stop their interests from being neglected
Setting ourselves on fire
Multiculturalism has created fractured communities where nobody cares
In defence of emotional voting
We cannot expect voters to think in cold rational terms
Degrees of scepticism
Overseas students never came to Britain so they could bring their children, it’s a coincidence