Book Reviewing
Don’t believe the hype
The use of author testimonials to sell books is a performative exercise in gilding the lily
Gretchen Bellamy: Kindly Reviewer
Is there a book she doesn’t like?
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
Journeys in Genderland
The stories of people caught up in the madness of gender ideology are beyond belief
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
