Books
Inside Number 10
Jack Brown showcases hidden heroes, the history of the building and the famous figures who have passed through
Building Scrutopia
Sir Roger Scruton and the architectural establishment
The anarchy lacks context
Dalrymple’s Anarchy says more about about a selling machine somewhat different to the East India Company
Hidden London
Hidden London’s evocative photos of dereliction will fascinate commuters and tourists alike
In defence of the US nation
Richard Reinsch reviews The Case for Nationalism by Rich Lowry
The all-round smart cookie with a tin ear
Sontag’s influential pieces are rather fewer than this book’s breezeblock dimensions might suggest
Brexlit and the decline of the English novel
Literature’s outraged elitists chose smug contempt over real insight
Wolf bites back
X.Trapnel on the latest literary feuds and fancies
Sissy porn and trans dirty laundry
Louise Perry reviews Females by Andrea Long Chu
Sharing the pleasure in poetry
James Booth reviews ‘Somewhere Becoming Rain: Collected Writings on Philip Larkin’
I spread disinformation, and I’m very sorry
In which our brave author is found guilty of trying to be funny online
The monster that lurks within us
The enduring popularity of fantasy and horror fiction proves that we still live in the long, dark shadow of the Gothic novel
Old Labour blues
Could the future of conservatism be on the left?
War of attrition
The conflict in Ukraine may yet end in stalemate
Time for us all to grow up
Why is the modern British novel so terribly earnest and irrepressibly juvenile?
A heartbreaking work of staggering narcissism
Grace Lavery reveals the delusions of transgender ideology
Singing lessons
Spare us the social justice preaching
A Commons grilling
Boris vs Keir once again provides more heat than energy
The people behind the podium
A treatise on the life and mating habits of the party political activist
Private schools are a waste of money
Both Left and Right overstate their effect on educational ability and achievements in later life
Whitehall’s whispering mandarin
A tribute to Sir Roy Stone, whose secretive role at the heart of Westminster made government possible