Career
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
Where has all the money gone?
Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing
The bad old days
The “golden years” of publishing were characterised by booze, bullying and amateurishness
Meeting the masses
With scant audiences and paltry remuneration, author’s tours can be far from glamorous
No university for young men
Higher education no longer offer a bright future
Dreams or delusions?
Why following your dreams can be a nightmare
Show me the money
Why do authors so often have such difficulty extracting the fees they are owed?
A cautionary tale
The lot of the writer today is one of insecurity, wounded pride and dwindling returns
The false choice of feminism
The secret to liberation is becoming a man
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
