Books
Might-have-been books
Do I ever regret the books I might have written? Only fleetingly.
Scribbler with a gift for women
Tibor Fischer reviews ‘The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Samuel Richardson’
Duke of deception
Duke Wolff was a real life Gatsby, a brilliant, flamboyant faker whose lies left a legacy of both devastation and fascination for his children
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
How short is an arm in the arts?
ACE’s politicisation goes back all the way to the Blair government
Repent, Richard Holden
The Conservative Party needs to hold itself to account
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
Graham Topman: festival organiser
Roll up, roll up, it’s time for another festival of arts, ideas and Graham (mostly Graham)
Revive the roots
To save the Conservative Party, its chairman must return powers to the local associations
Will Labour build back better?
The most conspicuous monuments of the last decade are the vast online shopping warehouses
Boiling the British frog
Decline is a process, not a moment
Waugh at war
Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s society
Bits and pieces
Can the digital age can demystify the art world?
