Literature
The enduring appeal of Jeeves and Wooster
Ben Schott’s new novel is hugely welcome, but thankfully it will never threaten to obscure the genius of the canon
In-line, online, and where to draw the line
Notes on Colombo’s books and bookmen in the time of Covid-19
We have much to learn from nineteenth-century Russia
Since the Cold War we have, to our detriment, become increasingly blinded to the wisdom of the Old Russia
Is Saul Bellow Martin Amis’s true father?
Reviews of Martin Amis’s new book prove that the best questions are the ones that no one asks
No prefix required: how gay writers came of age
Douglas Murray refuses to mourn the death of the gay novel — a genre that was once ghettoised has joined the mainstream
Why Sherlock Holmes remains the greatest detective
There is no need to make Sherlock Holmes more likeable, part of his brilliance is in his ambiguity
Shakespearean lore and order
A new anthology displays Shakespeare’s engagement with the sonnet form across his career, but at a high cost
Evelyn Waugh was right: British politics went wrong in the 1920s
Why do Waugh’s political works remain either caricatured or ignored?
Appealing and not-so appealing
If Martin Amis isn’t entertaining you on every page, then what’s the point of him?
Are socially distanced festivals the future of entertainment?
Appledore book festival has paved the way for Covid-friendly entertainment in the UK
Winning sinner
That 1999 Tour needed Armstrong quite as much as he needed it
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
The creation of canals
Entering the golden age of canals
The Church of England has failed on gender
To pursue kindness at the expense of truth is self-defeating
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
All roads lead to WPATH
How the strange, dark history of the gender movement built our strange, dark modern world
Don’t forget Armenia
Armenians, once the target of genocide, are under threat again
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
