American Literature
Bret Easton Ellis — the enfant terrible who finally grew up
How he at last lived up to his promise
Remembering an “effervescently affable man”
Kurt Vonnegut at 100
Medicalising art
Literature needs better friends
In arcadia ego
Finite life and Infinite Jest
Size isn’t necessarily substance
Gatsby aside, F. Scott Fitzgerald — the Jazz-Age chronicler — is dispensable
Bad bets by the Booker
In 2021, is the state of the Booker still “not serious stuff”?
Ripley returns
Rejoice, Ripley is back! But why are we so drawn to Patricia Highsmith’s anti-hero?
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
