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
More than just a grumpy anti-modernist?
It’s time we appreciated the art of Sir Alfred Munnings
Dress rehearsal
A 2015 comedy starring Volodymyr Zelensky is now showing on Channel 4
Lifeless life of a Technicolor titan
Ronan McGreevy plumbs new depths with his pitiful accounting of a great man’s death
G.K. Chesterton and the pandemic
The prince of paradox predicted the absurdities of Covid lockdowns
Doing the Strand
The glorious heyday of Roxy Music, when just to be a fan of a band that sounded like no other was like being in an exclusive club
Putin’s big parade
Campaign Diary: Expect extra chest-thumping on “Soviet Victory Day”
Does Sadiq Khan think he’s living in America?
The mayor of London should focus on representing the city that elected him
Boris brings up the rear
The prime minister is consistent only in his untidiness and unpreparedness
And never the twain shall meet?
A lineup of new books tackle the thorny China problem