Malcolm Forbes
Malcolm Forbes is a freelance writer based in Edinburgh. He has written for the Economist, the TLS and the Wall Street Journal.
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
On and off the road
Jack Kerouac’s reputation should rest on his whole oeuvre — not just his most famous novel
Joseph Roth’s golden twenties
When Hitler came to power, the bubble burst
The other Elizabeth Taylor
Discover “one of the finest novelists of her and our time.”
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
All politics is existential now
NatCon DC was a reminder of the urgency of our political moment
Confessions of a left-wing Pope
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
Waugh at war
Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s society
Journeys in Genderland
The stories of people caught up in the madness of gender ideology are beyond belief