Barbara Pym
The ascent of Barbara Pym
A chronicler of the overlooked, she has at last got her just literary deserts
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about comedy
Wokeness has exacerbated the decline of sitcoms and stand-up, but it is not the cause
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Can criminals be judges?
Freemasons, extremists, even members of the Garrick Club can be appointed to the bench
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
Go west
Rishi has been a bit down lately
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
