Tim Bryars
Tim Bryars runs an antiquarian bookshop in Cecil Court with his wife.
Brought to light
May the reprieve of Westminster’s gas lamps become a full pardon
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
The once and future Right?
Could Argentina’s “madman” President rescue his country from a century of decline?
Talking to young man about Andrew Tate
You cannot educate the urge to transgress out of young men
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones