J.L. Carr
The world at my feet
D. J. Taylor recalls a time when he was the future of the English novel
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines