Digital killed the analogue man
Despite the seductions of the virtual, we can’t escape our bodies
The Nineties: smells like Gen X nostalgia
Chuck Klosterman’s book sheds rose-tinted light on the decade
2020: It’s no place for the old
The debate over Fairytale of New York is proof that 2020 is the year in which woke doctrine went into overdrive
England’s soft underbelly
Patrick West reviews The Channel, by Charlie Connelly
There’s no need to shout
Patrick West reviews You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
