Elena Ferrante
Writing outside the box
Elena Ferrante’s essay collection is an exploration of the delights and constraints of form
Will the real Elena Ferrante please sit down?
It is her words and voice, not her purported identity, that matter to her fans
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Is university still worth it?
Rising fees raise questions about the value of some degrees
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
