Annie Ernaux
A writer we should all read
There is only one way for a writer to escape: to release experience into prose
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Worldviews apart
There are disturbing differences between how British Muslims and non-Muslims see the world
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty