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.”
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Starmer’s union trap
Labour has handed power back to the unions, and is now discovering the cost of obedience
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage