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
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Bad tradwife manifesto
From have it all feminism to tradwife influencers, women are being given impossible ideals and taught to refuse limitations
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
