Jan Morris
The extraordinary life of Jan Morris
The end of one writer’s life as a vivid dream
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society