Gothic Literature
The lovelorn lady who broke the rules
A romantic forced by peculiar privilege into perpetual masquerade
The monster that lurks within us
The enduring popularity of fantasy and horror fiction proves that we still live in the long, dark shadow of the Gothic novel
Our deepest, darkest fears
The transgressive, transmedial and transnational nature of the Gothic genre
Black holes and revelations
Keir Starmer has detected a previously unknown budgetary singularity from whose gravity no tax cuts can escape
The disgrace of ACE
Arts Council England has failed to support artists and art
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
Lawless and disordered
British police and courts increasingly struggle to maintain public order
The paranoid style in British centrism
Disinformation journalists? The call is coming from inside the house
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Duke of deception
Duke Wolff was a real life Gatsby, a brilliant, flamboyant faker whose lies left a legacy of both devastation and fascination for his children
The truth about Notting Hill Carnival
We should be more honest about the dark side of the event
