Arty Types
Mark Scrivener: Literary freelancer
Cometh the 200,000-word Serbian novel, cometh the man
Celestria Parfit
Culture could not survive without such austere archivists
Jack Tagg: Beacon of provincial culture
An eccentric force for cultural good
Dierdre Malone
Marginal Presence
Jayne Payne
Counter-cultural survivor
Freddie Simmons
An author who turned failure into success
Gretchen Bellamy: Kindly Reviewer
Is there a book she doesn’t like?
Danny Lestrange: Eternal Columnist
From the immaturity of young adulthood to the immaturity of old age
Charley Coutts: celebrity interviewer
From Nick Cage to De Niro
Amanda Scrimgeour: Glamour hound
Some people are born to rake over the coals of ancient scandals
Murders for July
The most gripping and grisly detective novels of the month, from Devon to Orkney
The great Conservative farewell
The Conservatives’ terrible result could become terminal
Composed and electrifying
Klaus Tennstedt: The Radio Broadcasts (Doremi, 4CDs)
The rise of academentia
Mere transgression is being elevated above genuine insight and creativity
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Labour’s looming constitutional vandalism
A Labour landslide will complete the Blairite destruction of Britain’s unique constitution
Turning shares into swords
The Church doesn’t invest in defence companies, but it prays you continue to do so
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
Stop loving losers
Rishi Sunak does not deserve the media’s perverse rehabilitation project
Ukraine’s dangerous friends
The embattled nation must resist the siren song of possible NATO membership
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
