The joys and misery of Monica
This is not only an objective biography by a distinguished academic, it is also a warm personal memoir
Like father, like son
Philip Larkin’s long association with Kingsley and Martin Amis resulted in the poet being misrepresented and misunderstood
Sharing the pleasure in poetry
James Booth reviews ‘Somewhere Becoming Rain: Collected Writings on Philip Larkin’
Germany is acknowledging the unspeakable
A pattern of criminality is shattering taboos
The dark future of free media in Europe
A French news channel has been fined for airing unchallenged negative views about migration and climate change
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
International Society for Libdem Consciousness
It’s a cult, but at least it’s one of the cheerful ones
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
The collapse of the Tory Party has just begun
How Reform crippled the Conservatives
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Revolution in the Academy
The quest for knowledge, not power, ought to guide academia
