Jeeves and Wooster
The enduring appeal of Jeeves and Wooster
Ben Schott’s new novel is hugely welcome, but thankfully it will never threaten to obscure the genius of the canon
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Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
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