Results for "philip larkin"
The demise of the second-hand bookshop
Why Oxfam bookshops, as tremendous as they are, may be the end of the second-hand bookseller
The worst hangovers in culture
Rest assured that these types had it considerably worse than you, says Alexander Larman
Is Saul Bellow Martin Amis’s true father?
Reviews of Martin Amis’s new book prove that the best questions are the ones that no one asks
Tragedy of the little Darlings
The relationship between J.M. Barrie and the real life Peter Pan was fatherly, friendly and perhaps something else
Poet who wrote for all of us
Daniel Johnson says that Clive James’s enduring legacy is his verse
Remember them more honestly
We should change the way we commemorate our war dead
Literature’s year zero
One hundred years ago two literary masterpieces changed the literary world forever
Very Amis, very Hampstead
Joseph Connolly treasures his friendship with his literary hero
Michel Foucault: the prophet of pederasty
Daniel Johnson says the fact that Foucault scholars now overlook his advocacy for sex with boys shows the great libertine failed to overturn Judaeo-Christian morality
Journal de combat of the Cold War
Encounter’s cultural importance far outweighed doubts about its shadowy funding
The last weird decade
We have lost the oddness of the 1990s
The closing of the Episcopal mind
The Church of England’s leaders don’t reflect its political diversity
Heroism and high strategy
The story of how British commandos did the impossible
The art of the hype
Beyond its backstory, ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is both one of a series and an image made in part by a reproductive method
Bring on the big beasts
Music needs heavyweight champions to stand up for truth and excellence
Why won’t liberals tell the truth about immigration?
The British left want open borders — but won’t admit it
If it’s broken, fix it
The NI Protocol has not worked, and the EU has done nothing to live up to its commitment to it being temporary
This town ain’t big enough for the both of us
Crisis and continuity in the Spanish right
How to end the war in Ukraine
Neither territorial concessions nor unrealistic dreams of toppling Putin can secure lasting peace
The Critic Books Podcast: Portable Magic
Lucasta Miller discusses Emma Smith’s new book
Blessed by fire?
Letters from the Falklands front: Feelings about the war in Argentina are both tragic and triumphant