Writing outside the box
Elena Ferrante’s essay collection is an exploration of the delights and constraints of form
Will the real Elena Ferrante please sit down?
It is her words and voice, not her purported identity, that matter to her fans
Woolf: heart or brain?
Unfettered praise of Virginia Woolf as a “liberated writer” has paved the way for an inexplicably popular type of bad writing
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician