Keith Ridgway
Sparks, glitterballs and masterworks
The greatest works of fiction published this year
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Pilot, playboy, player
This portrait of a gifted and not particularly pleasant man adds another feather to the author’s hat
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Cowboy quartet
A new screen Western is always welcome
Fair pay is a fiction
Public sector workers are chasing a fantasy
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
Tough on the causes of non-crime
A warm welcome back to non-crime hate incidents
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
