Books
Me, Myself and I
The hip young authors who write about their greatest obsession – themselves
It ran in the family
Alexander Larman reviews Fall of the House of Byron, by Emily Brand
American Tolstoy
Time to proclaim the greatness of Herman Wouk, once feted for the sweep of his historical novels
Significant others
Selina Todd reviews Female Husbands, by Jen Manion
Enemy of orthodoxy
Christopher Silvester reviews Groupthink: A Study in Self-Delusion, By Christopher Booker
“I am a total act” (but a second act?)
John Bowers reviews A Very Stable Genius, by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig
Of men and birds
John Self reviews Enter The Aardvark by Jessica Anthony
My first Carr
A S H Smyth discovers a true English literary eccentric, born on this day in 1912
Back to school…or is remote learning enough for now?
And is there a point to counter-factual history?
A literary pilgrimage to a watery grave
Following in the footsteps of the author J.G. Farrell
The dark threat of nitazenes
New opioids could pose a dramatic risk to British streets
Sweet magic in Hokkaido
Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
A “lost” novel better left unfound
We’re a long way from touchstones One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
Decline of the underclass
In the 21st century, London has lost its own internal logic
Humza Yousaf, global citizen
Britain needs one, and only one, foreign policy
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
X scandal
The fault lay in the dirty minds of the viewers, he said
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Music for a warm bath
Bloch, Bruch, Dohnanyi (Claves)
