John Preston
John Preston is the author of A Very English Scandal. The film of his novel, The Dig, is due in the autumn. His next book Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell, is published next February
More plausible than real life
John Preston reviews Beneath the Streets by Adam Macqueen
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
Sherlock Holmes and the BBC bias
Eamonn Holmes will get to the bottom of the mystery of what happened to his career
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Maggie’s greatest gift
Touring the Med in the pioneering gastropub that transformed how we eat