John le Carre
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
Immigration restrictionists need more honest arguments
Our debates are side-stepping fundamental questions of morality
Where is so much gender confusion coming from?
The scope of inquiry into gender and young people should be expanded to schools
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
On the deceptive use of words
We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
Ukraine can still triumph
It needs, and deserves, Western patience and solidarity
