Gerald Murnane
Life, imaginary love and forbidden lust
Blinding: the Left Wing by Mircea Cărtărescu; Thee Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers; A Domestic Animal by Francis King
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Time to scrap the smoking ban
Intolerance, not smoking, is what should be considered irrational and unpleasant
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Lessons from the Argentinians
There is little value in complaining about foul play if you cannot win
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
Selling desirability
It is truthful to sell art as a luxury accessory
Best intentions …
A woo-woo approach to summer fashion
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician