Alfred Hayes
Matters of life and death
John Self reviews Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams, and The End of Me by Alfred Hayes
Barking up the wrong tree
Insta-obsessed diners can’t see the food for the reels
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
Web of lies
We can combat misinformation with scepticism and content provenance technology
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
The meaning of Navalny’s death
This tragic event illustrates the cruelty and fragility of the Kremlin
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius