The Secret Author
The Secret Author is a former Professor of English and Creative Writing at a leading British university
Me, Myself and I
The hip young authors who write about their greatest obsession – themselves
Time the Old Gang departed
The Amis/Barnes/McEwan generation have dominated the book scene for too long
Who holds the power?
Literary reputations are made and broken by a self-appointed clique of bien pensant liberal intellectuals
Most Read
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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
