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Weird Woods: Tales from the Haunted Forests of Britain, Ed. John Miller, British Library (£8.99)
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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
Vanishing act
Jeremy Hunt did not, in fact, pull a rabbit out of his hat
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems
TransForming London
You deserve to be inclusioned in London’s progressive future
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
Our illiberal Terrorism Act
People should be censured for their actions and not for their beliefs
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
