Books
The country that went to the wall
From its birth after 1945, to its death after 1990
The anatomy of oikophobia
A cyclical view of history exposes Western self-contempt
Deconstructing a giant of the screen
For a gay, Hegelian, terrorist-sympathising dialectician, Fassbinder was a rather conservative moviemaker
The rich and varied past of our islands
Romans, Danes, Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Norwegians all made their marks
Wrestling with recovery
There is no binary between sickness and health
Back door diplomacy
A fine history of Operation Chiffon
The preserve of the forelock-tuggers
Modern Buildings in Britain offers an encyclopaedia of potential future losses
Don’t believe the hype
The use of author testimonials to sell books is a performative exercise in gilding the lily
Censorious sadism
We are never far away from abuse and ostracism
Taking the clown seriously
Jolyon Maugham’s prose is funny, but his ideas are dangerous
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage