(Some) Writers Wanted
The drive for diversity can lead to discrimination
Sense and sensitivity
Some readers need thicker skins
The art of literary celebrity
How do writers become more than their books?
Good God, I can’t publish this…
The ancient art of the literary rejection
Why do women bear the brunt of literary censorship?
Cancellation is the modern manifestation of public shaming culture
A Room with a Feud
What happened to robust — and, yes, rude — literary criticism?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects