French Literature
France’s philosopher king
There is a jarring disconnect between Michel Houellebecq’s critiques of sexual liberation and his dissolute lifestyle
Orwell, Camus and truth
On honesty as an attitude
A study in radical rhetoric
We can disagree with Annie Ernaux’s politics while saying she deserves her Nobel Prize
Rumours of a crime
Louis-Ferdinand Céline was a flawed man, but he should be allowed to be condemned by his words
Post election rundown
Three very sleepy men discuss the election result
Food for thought
Is it worth trapping the squirrels in my London garden?
The final test
Jimmy Anderson has trotted up to the wicket 39,877 times in a Test match
The disgrace of ACE
Arts Council England has failed to support artists and art
The Labour voter blues
At least forty per cent of Starmer’s voters are social conservatives. Will he take them with him, or leave them behind?
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
Brexit: a portrait of political paralysis
There was an exit door, but one which May, the Remainer, was never willing to take
Faustian modernity
200 years ago, Goethe invented modern man
Britain must reindustrialise
A truly conservative economics must prioritise making, not speculating
Harriet Pester: Bookworld PR
Alas, not everything is plain sailing in the world of book-trade PR
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
