Results for "philip larkin"
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
The worst hangovers in culture
Rest assured that these types had it considerably worse than you, says Alexander Larman
Tragedy of the little Darlings
The relationship between J.M. Barrie and the real life Peter Pan was fatherly, friendly and perhaps something else
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
Remember them more honestly
We should change the way we commemorate our war dead
How to become a cult writer
What does it take for an author to become idolised way beyond their literary merit?
Poet who wrote for all of us
Daniel Johnson says that Clive James’s enduring legacy is his verse
Literature’s year zero
One hundred years ago two literary masterpieces changed the literary world forever
Paradise dimmed
John Milton’s Paradise Lost is the greatest poem in the English language, yet it seems to be fading slowly from public view. Who could write a new national epic?
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
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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
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Sad Scottish schadenfreude
For too many nationalists, England losing is mistaken for Scotland winning
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished