Inspirations
Writer Dodie Smith’s influences were far from Primrose Hill…
Instead of the chocolate-box pink stucco houses of Primrose Hill, it was the castles and cottages of Suffolk which served as Smith’s inspiration
Should we listen to writers about their own work?
As Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads is set to air this evening, Alexander Larman ponders the relationship between a living writer and their works
Communal unrest breaks out in France
Vladislav Davidson explains the most bizarre communal violence in recent memory
Face masks make you stupid
Why face masks are a form of dehumanisation
Is this the end of cinemagoing as we know it?
Will compulsory face-masks, social-distancing and an air of paranoia drive audiences to online streaming once and for all?
Would America be better with an NHS or Biden’s Medicaid plan?
Biden’s proposals will not lower the cost of American healthcare
In praise of the military coup
Why, sometimes, military coups can be a force for good
Less is more
Higher Education maintains an elevated status because little respect is given to alternatives
Boris beware: Nigel’s making plans for you
Farage will soon return from his political grave to ensure Brexit gets done
Nikolai Kapustin, Alfred Schnittke: Cello Concertos (Capriccio)
I can imagine Kapustin in the background, smiling at his piano, during this breath-taking revival
Pleasures of sex and berries
Hart explains why we’re adapted to the environment we evolved in, rather than the one we inhabit