David Mitchell
Matters of life and death
John Self reviews Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams, and The End of Me by Alfred Hayes
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
What are universities for?
The battle for British universities is not yet lost
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
The problem with securonomics
A genuine strategy for increasing our economic security and resilience as a society would not start with the state
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
Justin’s dilemma
Spears got slutshamed; Timberlake was the stud
