Erin Somers
Life, imaginary love and forbidden lust
Blinding: the Left Wing by Mircea Cărtărescu; Thee Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers; A Domestic Animal by Francis King
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature