Authors
A forgotten British great: Smelfungus
Now languishing in undeserved obscurity, Tobias Smollett should be remembered
An off-kilter visionary
Henry Green had a strange and distinctive talent
Orwell, Camus and truth
On honesty as an attitude
Freddie Simmons
An author who turned failure into success
The new establishment
Who will subvert today’s anti-establishment?
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism