Damon Galgut
Sparks, glitterballs and masterworks
The greatest works of fiction published this year
Most Read
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves