Searching for a radical alternative
Two new titles join a burgeoning chorus of populist lament
Quaffing the cup that cheers
Readers should savour this book, as you might one of the delectable bottles that compose the enticing strophe of the book’s narrative
Chronicles of an epic egomaniac
Tackling Harold Bloom
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Labour is betraying women
From benefits to crime, Keir is letting women down
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
International Society for Libdem Consciousness
It’s a cult, but at least it’s one of the cheerful ones
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
