Ian McEwan
A long shelf life
Our need for physical books is greater than ever
The elegant extremist
Ian McEwan has always tempered his shocking stories with polished prose
More like a lecture
“Lessons” is Ian McEwan at his worst
Joe Wright: Auteur of awfulness
His films are overrated, overindulged, and dismal
Time the Old Gang departed
The Amis/Barnes/McEwan generation have dominated the book scene for too long
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Standout singers
If Music (Erato), Day of These Days (Delphian) & Eisnacht (Genuin)
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire