Fiction
Will the real Elena Ferrante please sit down?
It is her words and voice, not her purported identity, that matter to her fans
The Critic Books Podcast: Devotion
A story of love in nineteenth century Prussia and Australia
The Critic Books Podcast: Burntcoat
Burntcoat was one of the first “pandemic novels” to be published in the wake of Covid-19
Fuccboi: a load of modern toss
A failed American Psycho for the PornHub generation
The Critic Books Podcast: Mrs Death Misses Death
Salena Godden is in conversation with Francesca Peacock
Tales of helping and helplessness
This selection of new fiction is marked by both novelty and tradition
The Critic Books Podcast: C J Carey’s Widowland
C J Carey speaks to Francesca Peacock about Widowland
Imaginary country
The land of Morbia was revealed to me in a dream
Thinly-veiled but enjoyable nonsense
Donald Trump should write a novel to at least give him the chance to deliver a bit of payback for this release by Hillary Clinton
Sparks, glitterballs and masterworks
The greatest works of fiction published this year
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
Why won’t Chris Whitty go away?
He lingers on — a slap-headed Rasputin whispering terrible ideas into the ears of our leaders
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Invalid email address
We found the prawns you so thoughtfully left behind the radiator, but there’s still something here, isn’t there?
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
