Barbara Pym
The ascent of Barbara Pym
A chronicler of the overlooked, she has at last got her just literary deserts
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
Bants means bans
Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
