Career
My advice to young writers
You are hoping for a successful career, but it’s going to take more than just the work
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
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders