Books
Kids, critics and the courage of Kate Clanchy
Writers have to be able to take risks, even if that means angering or upsetting people
The case against porn
A new book makes an unanswerable case against a gruesome industry
Murders for October
Brazil in the 1930s, France in the 1940s and Britain in the 1950s
Why does reading matter?
Books are not just a means to a morally superior end
Murders for August
A massive melange of murder mysteries
Why conservatives should read more fiction
Conservatism can be fun and imaginative as well as insightful
What nation, whose interests?
The struggle for “democratisation” might achieve the opposite of its apparent aims
Being a “book person” doesn’t make you a better human being
Being a bookworm can encourage a dangerous form of moral self-flattery
Oval’s books go up in bureaucracy
We should mourn the loss of Oval Tube’s book swap library
Mad, genius?
A new book attempts to untangle a right-wing mystery
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution