John le Carre
A spy’s afterlife
John le Carré’s work and life still haunt British culture
Spilling the beans on the great spymasters
Fantasy is an essential part of what we are pleased to call reality
Passed-by spies
Spy show depicts the insecurity service
Keep calm and le Carré on
His pessimism about Britain proved untrue — and its own kind of comforting fantasy
Please sit down
Take a moment to enjoy your plot, says Hephzibah Anderson
Best of the year that was
Put down the pandemic novels: Here’s my favourite fiction of 2020
John le Carré: a man who rose through the English class system as it was collapsing
John le Carré’s voice of old-fashioned English authority was one acquired through merit and bearing rather than birth
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
