Booker Prize
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
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
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
Fear and loving
Cricket in the West Indies has not been the same since the loss of Malcolm Marshall
