European Literature
Puckish polymath
Italo Calvino’s imagination spanned the cosmos but his concerns were very human
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
Murders for May
Killings in the new Japan, family feuds in India and the novel menace of AI
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
Save this perfect Welsh building
The Church Institute and Churchmen’s Club at Llanfairfechan need, and deserve, to be preserved
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
Addressing misogyny must include addressing trans activism
Against the wokewashing of sexual objectification
Trouble beneath the surface
Labour’s triumph obscures worrying signs of division and chaos brewing in British society
The students are revolting
Far too many young people are sheltered from the real world by their university education
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
Stop pampering the left’s attack dog
Hope not Hate are not a reliable judge of what constitutes dangerous extremism
Of course the culture wars matter
It is people who trivialise them who are not taking politics seriously
