Books
On and off the road
Jack Kerouac’s reputation should rest on his whole oeuvre — not just his most famous novel
How to be a literary editor
Done well, book reviews have never been more important
Stumbling blocks
Owen Hatherley offers a vital but frequently flawed guide to post-war British architecture
A quiet revolution
Enough of reformers who want to turn schools upside-down without knowing which way is up
Wonders and warnings from the ancient world
A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of a late antique empire
Will the real Elena Ferrante please sit down?
It is her words and voice, not her purported identity, that matter to her fans
Strange happenings back in the USSR
The brilliant story of a Francis Bacon exhibition in Moscow
The revolution will not be tweeted
Gal Beckerman’s history of how high-speed communication prevents social change
The Nineties: smells like Gen X nostalgia
Chuck Klosterman’s book sheds rose-tinted light on the decade
Blood money
If abolition was capitalist propaganda, what of corporate involvement in social justice?
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
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 lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
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
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The great American dream
Beware the lure of the vast US market
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches
The welfare state of things
Tom Jones and Chris Bayliss discuss the numbers behind Britain’s welfare state