Literary Festivals
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Against literary celebriphilia
We need interesting authors, not “big names”
A very superior Season
Today’s Season may be more democratic and international than the old, but those in the know still cherish the hot tickets that guarantee exclusivity
Literary festivals: sheer hell in a tent
To make people laugh for an hour is good business sense — but it says nothing about writing, or creativity, or art
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
