Roger Kimball
Roger Kimball is Editor and Publisher of the New Criterion and President and Publisher of Encounter Books. He tweets at @rogerkimball
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
Total eclipse of the art?
Activistic artists and curators are making art a niche political endeavour
Twitter monetisation was a mistake
It has diminished rather than enhanced creativity
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Eighteen questions for Kim Leadbeater
Questions that all MPs should be asking
Lily Phillips and the importance of feeling
We must remain sensitive to unspoken pain
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King