Booker Prize
Where has all the money gone?
Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing
Satire, sci-fi and a sting in the tale
It’s time for our annual guide to the best new fiction of the year
Knocking at the door of the Booker Prize
From an old-fashioned tale to a new-fashioned one, with a dash of dystopia
Prize-winner reprises and rediscovered tales
From Young Mungo to The Candy House: three new novels to read this month
Amis at 100: a master satirist without honour
It’s time to appreciate Kingsley Amis — flaws and all
Bad bets by the Booker
In 2021, is the state of the Booker still “not serious stuff”?
Lots in translation
As the winner of the International Booker Prize is due to be announced today, ASH Smyth talks to poet, translator and judge on this year’s panel, George Szirtes
What do literary prizes tell us about publishing in 2021?
The implications of identity politics on literary trends
Terry Rant
Ageing controversialist
Finely-turned tales of mothers, murder and love
We need a system where books that publishers really love, where it’s not mere puff, get a special sticker on the front, says John Self
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
