Le Grand Macabre
Wildest dreamland
It’s the perfect medium for the End Times, unequalled in its devotion to doom
Max Grubb
Resentful Academic
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
The Church of England has to rebuild trust
The next Archbishop must love this church back into health
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Prince
Is he simply a desperate chancer, or a genuine threat to British interests?
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
