Books
The jokes must go on
Christopher Bray reviews Apropos of Nothing by Woody Allen
Me, Myself and I
The hip young authors who write about their greatest obsession – themselves
It ran in the family
Alexander Larman reviews Fall of the House of Byron, by Emily Brand
More plausible than real life
John Preston reviews Beneath the Streets by Adam Macqueen
Significant others
Selina Todd reviews Female Husbands, by Jen Manion
‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ at 40: A book that can change your life
Alexander Larman recalls the glee and disbelief at one of literature’s most beguilingly horrible figures
Of men and birds
John Self reviews Enter The Aardvark by Jessica Anthony
My first Carr
A S H Smyth discovers a true English literary eccentric, born on this day in 1912
A Radical Proposal: Book reviews should review books
Give us more judgement, more opinions and more criticism
Leading by tantrum
Jeremy Black reviews Hitler: Downfall 1939-45 by Volker Ullrich
Spaces of our own
What the backlash against women-only spaces reveals about rape, trauma and prejudice
Cleaning up
The fate of a Whitehall cleaner, Emanuel Gomes, should not be brushed aside
Nigeria’s elephant in the room
Christians are being targeted in widespread violence
The people behind the podium
A treatise on the life and mating habits of the party political activist
Last swipe at the Proms
Is it time to give a grudging nod of acknowledgement to the BBC Proms?
Not so perfidious Albion
Britain has proved a steadfast ally to Ukraine, whilst the EU has dragged its feet
Jerusalem: cradle of lost peace
In the Holy Land coexistence was a fragile dream, built on unstable foundations
Too dangerous to live with
There’s no realist case for the lurking risk of nuclear armageddon
An unlikely man of the people
Kenneth Clark has been unfairly accused of elitism; he wanted to democratise the glories of Western art and make it available to all
Arise, Sir Wayne
The trickle of sporting knighthoods has now become a flood — who will be next?
The gendrification of Ireland
How gender identity theory has become embedded in Irish society