She was nasty, crude, racist and often a poor writer — so why is she revered?

To make people laugh for an hour is good business sense — but it says nothing about writing, or creativity, or art

Their output was more mixed than many critics would like to believe

His films are overrated, overindulged, and dismal

His films are overrated, overindulged, and dismal

Our lives have been in the hands of these glorified numerologists for too long

Our values today are of consumerism and instant gratification, inherited from our Victorian forebears

Gatsby aside, F. Scott Fitzgerald — the Jazz-Age chronicler — is dispensable

The apostate saint

Climate change targets are rising at a dangerous rate