Ernest Hemingway
Blood, squalor, and a taste of things to come
Japan’s brutal invasion of China witnessed by four very different literary adventurers
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting