Biography
Very Amis, very Hampstead
Joseph Connolly treasures his friendship with his literary hero
Dickens derailed
Tom Chesshyre recounts Dickens’s troubled history with trains
Flirting with damnation
As Greene explained to his wife when their marriage ended, what made him a bad husband was precisely what made him a good writer
Tom Stoppard: A private man now on parade
This biography is a testament to detailed analysis and intelligent insight, says Alexander Larman
Yardbird: 100 Years of Charlie Parker
Dominic Green looks at the immortality of jazz saxophonist, Charlie Parker
It ran in the family
Alexander Larman reviews Fall of the House of Byron, by Emily Brand
Charles Moore’s Margaret Thatchers
Charles Moore’s multi-volume biography of Thatcher harks back to an ancient tradition
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Sweet magic in Hokkaido
Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
A judicial defence of religious liberty is long overdue
Christians should not be discriminated against because of their religious beliefs
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
The Rwanda Bill and the rule of law
Our constitutional tradition strictly separates international law from domestic law
Why the Voice failed
The Australian establishment has been too focused on symbolic gestures rather than practical change
All small talk
Dwarf uprisings, Daleks and disreputable handymen
