Julian Barnes
Time the Old Gang departed
The Amis/Barnes/McEwan generation have dominated the book scene for too long
Immigration enthusiasts and problematic polling
New analysis made British voters look far more pro-migration than they are
The changing shape of British roads
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart walk the winding path of British transport history
BDS is a mask for hate
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement denies the right of Israel to exist, and public bodies have no business supporting it
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
The end of Pevsner
The monumental work of maintaining a live record of the architecture of the UK and Ireland is in danger of being abandoned
How can we pay for our cathedrals?
Critics of silent discos in Canterbury Cathedral are silent on how to fund our churches
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success