Gulliver’s travails
Gekoski focuses the protagonist’s nightmarish vilification around the career and writings of Jonathan Swift
Vintage volume: The Story of Wine
The story of wine is a glorious story which illuminates the topics of more conventional histories
Shakespearean lore and order
A new anthology displays Shakespeare’s engagement with the sonnet form across his career, but at a high cost
Vinous Valhalla
David Womersley reveres Roger Scruton on wine
A keen nose and sharp prose
David Womersley reviews Waugh on Wine by Auberon Waugh
See no evil
Rampant sexual violence begins with porn use and ends in the death of women and girls
Boris – an optimist even in military defeat
Boris brooks no insult of our hardworking men and women in khaki and pinstripe
Are the far-left about to split off?
A left-wing split could deprive the Labour Party of thousands of campaigners
Siege Warfare
Professor Jeremy Black talks with Graham Stewart about the defence and capture of walled cities and castles
Mr Darcy’s new gig
Perhaps “white privilege” exists after all?
Being a snowflake is bad for your mental health
The injustice of social justice theory raises barriers
Funny old priorities
Why did Sarah Hussein’s death not attract anything like the interest in Sarah Everard?
Not everything is racist
Anita Rani’s accusations only stack up when you realise she’s got a book out
Erasing women
Why make such efforts to avoid using the word “women”?
Euthanasia isn’t progressive
It’s been done elsewhere and the results are horrifying