Charles Spencer
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
Deer prudence
It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
The new Scotland
Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about comedy
Wokeness has exacerbated the decline of sitcoms and stand-up, but it is not the cause
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems