Why we need a new movement
The timid world of BritLit needs to be shaken up by a mutinous new clique of writers
Time for us all to grow up
Why is the modern British novel so terribly earnest and irrepressibly juvenile?
Never trust a publisher
Once Twitter takes against you, they will wash their hands of you, Pontius Pilate-style
How to be a literary editor
Done well, book reviews have never been more important
Why modern novels are so boring
Writers who forget bourgeois aspiration lose a dimension
The myth of infallibility
Dispiriting as it may be, great authors are capable of writing bad books
Bring back the panjandrums
We need heavyweights to separate good from bad
Santa’s unspeakable sack
Why are publishers so sniffy about stocking fillers?
Scheherazade scoops the pot
Women now dominate the literary landscape
In search of the right stuff
Why are there so few conservatively-minded novelists?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
RIP New Labour?
Keir Starmer’s failure should mark a decisive break with a failed consensus
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished