David Lodge
Seriously funny
David Lodge’s work appealed to the highbrow as much as lovers of lowbrow farce
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?