Helen Oyeyemi
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats
Gregory Snaith: Little Magazine Editor
Only Gregory seemed prepared to upset the applecart
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
Why we don’t police anti-Christian hate
Jewish and Muslim communities rightly get protections and attention from the government — but Christians are routinely overlooked
The Foreign Office should be rooted in the past
Who and what is it for, if not the British people, and our history and culture?
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
Making art of the Holocaust
As dramatic opera, The Passenger inhabits a grey zone of guard–prisoner relations