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’
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
Ukraine’s cross-cultural contradictions
Has Ukraine overcome its legacy of historical antisemitism?
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
Correcting Cass’s critics
Attempts to intellectually discredit the Cass Review have completely failed
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
Sheikh up the Telegraph
We are fortunate that the UAE still wishes to invest in so unstable a country
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
