Book Reviewing
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
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?
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
Kemi Badenoch is a useful idiot
The former Secretary of State has a track record of advancing woke regulations
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
