Dougie Smith
J.K. Rowling does it again
Why does one woman’s opinion cause so much outrage?
The Conservatives have been too soggy, not too harsh
Their voters expected them to cut taxes and immigration — they did the opposite
Murders for July
The most gripping and grisly detective novels of the month, from Devon to Orkney
Murders for May
Killings in the new Japan, family feuds in India and the novel menace of AI
Here be flagons
The temperance campaigners realised that a picture can achieve more than a thousand words of argument
No one will believe the Conservatives on immigration
They have broken promises far too many times
A last chance at class
Labour is running out of time to put working class MPs into parliament
Losing the battle, losing the war
The most pernicious effect of aligning art with political activism is that the distinction between the two is lost
Losing the crowd
In bullfighting, audiences can be as tough as animals
Remnant Rubens
A provincial folk artist offers an alternative view of Georgian society