Carys Davies
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Don’t forget Armenia
Armenians, once the target of genocide, are under threat again
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
Free speech freeze-up
Reactions in Britain to the attempted suppression of NatCon suggest a bleak future for freedom of speech and thought
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
He’ll never let the old flag fall
Lee Anderson will never stand for insult, especially the insult of never being invited round for dinner
Misappropriating motherhood
La Leche League and the pornification of breastfeeding
Moroccan gold
Enjoy some of the finest food ever eaten at the exquisite Farasha Farmhouse
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024