Bad Books
Read for pleasure
Against the functionalist approach to literature
The myth of infallibility
Dispiriting as it may be, great authors are capable of writing bad books
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage