Julian Barnes
Time the Old Gang departed
The Amis/Barnes/McEwan generation have dominated the book scene for too long
Aggers declares — the end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
The death of an Anglo-Hungarian Painting
Nine months after a savage act of vandalism at Trinity College Cambridge, anger is growing at its lacklustre response
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Dungeons & Dragons made me
Was I a pudgy kid clutching pencils and a dice, or Dar Strongrip exploring a cursed castle?
