Slang vs Woke: the final judgment
Everyone wants what should be. But there is no “should be”. There is only what is.
Such, such were the goys
Jonathon Green says the xenophobic 1920s novels that inspired his lifelong love of literature should not be cancelled
Despising all that they hold dear
Politics is but a subset; the true villain is belief, says Jonathon Green of Jonathan Meades’s new release
Fair dinkum dictionary
Jonathon Green wonders if, despite this being a fascinating book, the author has set herself up for defeat
You talkin’ to me? Fuhgeddaboudit!
E. J. White’s book on the history of New York English is not the first on the subject, but it goes a long way in explaining the evolution of the city’s unique linguistics
Crooked compendium
Ms Lees offers a new take on the template, but she is walking a well-trodden path
An awful warning
Ainsworth’s fate was sealed not how he wrote but what he placed at the heart of his stories
P is for Plum Pudding
Jonathon Green reviews A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order by Judith Flanders
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
