Fiction
A teenager, strangers and a pair of apes
Spend time inside the mind of your most eccentric, sometimes maddening friend
The true darkness of classic crime
It was more authentic than its “gritty” successors
Murders for the summer
A bounty of bloodshed
Eccentricities and obsessions
Novels that say a lot without making lots of noise
Holiday reads by the recently departed
1980s fiction might more profitably fill your beach-y or gîte-y afternoons
Words can never hurt?
A new satire skewers the publishing industry
Young, gifted — and readerless
Why have we never heard of most of the young writers on the latest “Best of …” list?
Knocking at the door of the Booker Prize
From an old-fashioned tale to a new-fashioned one, with a dash of dystopia
In defence of fandoms
One of the Internet’s villains has a brighter side
Snaps, crackles and Pop Art
Things you didn’t know you were interested in — until someone wrote a good book about them
Sex-Machina
Holy month is upon us
Loony tunes
Opera begs leave to celebrate lunacy in a different way
Dazzled to death in Venice
At last, a truly world-class experience
Balance the books
Britain’s soaring debt may not be as sustainable in the long term as figures suggest
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
Turn down that bloody music
Historic occasions shouldn’t be ruined by narcissistic prats
Run from “Rabbits”
Hugo Rifkind’s new novel is like a warm bath turning cold
Starmer and the blob
The Conservatives must focus on our constitutional order
The Conservatives need a clear-out
Failed advisers and politicians have to be removed
Repent, Richard Holden
The Conservative Party needs to hold itself to account
What is culture anyway?
Protecting and renewing culture demands a fuller understanding of its nature and its purposes
