Results for "philip larkin"
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The convivial conservative
The cultivation of conviviality became the golden thread of Western civilisation
The Committee of the Edwin Savage Society
What arouses such fascination in this obscure literary figure?
Don’t cancel Andrew Gywnne
Even Labour ministers should not be fired for private jokes
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
A farewell to a brilliant broadcaster
Melvyn Bragg has declared his innings closed after 27 years
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
To infinity immigration and beyond
Soaring rates of citizenship applications show no signs of slowing down
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
We’ve had enough agitslop
British TV drama has become an embarrassing display of liberal neuroses
Gradually, then suddenly
You don’t expect everything to change until it does