Results for "philip larkin"
The ascent of Barbara Pym
A chronicler of the overlooked, she has at last got her just literary deserts
Why do we like Larkin so much?
On a love with limits
Amis at 100: a master satirist without honour
It’s time to appreciate Kingsley Amis — flaws and all
The Committee of the Edwin Savage Society
What arouses such fascination in this obscure literary figure?
Appealing and not-so appealing
If Martin Amis isn’t entertaining you on every page, then what’s the point of him?
Books to look forward to this year
There is a great deal to look forward to this year, and hopefully not that much to dread
Don’t cancel Andrew Gywnne
Even Labour ministers should not be fired for private jokes
Rail tracks
Tom Chesshyre on songs and poetry inspired by trains
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Lorna May Wadsworth
Lorna May Wadsworth
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name