English Literature
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The case against An Inspector Calls
A short predictable play is a bad introduction to literature
The rise and fall of English Lit.
Oxford showed little enthusiasm for its national language and the literature that followed
The decline of the great literary name
Where are the Don Quixotes and the Anna Kareninas of the modern age?
The mercurial master of magic and misery
If Dickens was a unique enchanter, Conrad is a charmingly bewitched conjurer of his genius
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
The dark horse of Durban
The work of Roy Campbell does not deserve to be ignored
Jane Austen versus virtue signalling
What Mansfield Park can tell us about contemporary politics
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad