Columns
Make a bonfire of Dr Seuss
Titania McGrath on how book burning is the only way to defeat fascism
Beyond unthrilled by all the hype
When a new major title by a big cheese arrives, expect a tidal wave of rolled logs
“Community”
Am I really part of the EasyJet community?
An eye for the world after Trump
Senator Tom Cotton ticks all the Republican White House boxes – provided the last incumbent bows out
The New York Times
Bad times at the Grey Lady
Bunty Malone
Best-selling novelist
Two cheers for the LRB
The magazine that declares its main aim is to review books does anything but
Fixing the unbroken
Reform of judicial review is a solution without a problem
Gaslighting
The origins of the word
Ghost in the machine
Does the printer really “experience” anything?
Will the UK back down?
The EU start legal action against Britain over the Northern Ireland Protocol
Silence in court
Calls by Labour politicians for an inquiry into royal racism misjudge the popular mood
Busy doing nothing
Thomas Woodham-Smith adjusts to a gentler pace of conducting business
The mystery of the folded dragon
Michael Prodger recounts the tale of Hergé’s drawing for the cover of the Tintin instalment: The Blue Lotus
Rainbow nation
Hannah Betts says colour is the new currency of the C-19 crisis
France between Belle Epoque and Blitzkrieg
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about what made French politics and society distinctive in the decades before and after WWI
Elusive quest for impartiality
I would cavil at the curse of the presenter monologue, tending to sway the audience one way or the other, reveals Anne McElvoy
Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies
The reaction to the BBC Woman’s Hour interview with Zara Mohammed exposes the cliquishness of contemporary feminists
The bracing blast of a dissident
In his coverage of Northern Ireland in this memoir, Kevin Myers was unflinchingly critical of British ineptitude
Novel weapons
Could we be unwittingly researching both sides of a hypersonic arms race?