Julian Barnes
Time the Old Gang departed
The Amis/Barnes/McEwan generation have dominated the book scene for too long
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface