John Sutherland
The joys and misery of Monica
This is not only an objective biography by a distinguished academic, it is also a warm personal memoir
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
How will Christian MPs shape the assisted suicide debate?
The Tory Christian is in decline, but the Labour Christian could make the difference
Land of slippery slopes
Does anybody really believe assisted suicide will stop at the terminally ill?