Hector Drummond
Hector Drummond is a novelist, and the author of Days of Wine and Cheese (Vol. I of his campus-based series The Biscuit Factory). He was previously an academic.
This is what we amputated a limb for
A long-term historical perspective on Covid-19
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
The problem with puberty blockers
Ministers must step in to prevent the NHS from experimenting on children
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
Michael Gove’s convenient conversion won’t be enough
Britain’s economic dysfunction runs very deep indeed
The big winner of recent opinion polling is despair
As we approach the next election, few people are optimistic about Sunak or Starmer
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Men deserve single-sex spaces too
The campaign against the Garrick Club is tiresome and opportunistic