Literature
Think, write, publish
Russian literature is not bound to Russian politics
Words and music
The bookish thrill of recognising the literary references of the pop artists you love
Hay dude
Hay is the place to go for a literary harvest
An off-kilter visionary
Henry Green had a strange and distinctive talent
William Golding and the curse of the dream
We must resist the lure of utopianism
Bret Easton Ellis — the enfant terrible who finally grew up
How he at last lived up to his promise
The new establishment
Who will subvert today’s anti-establishment?
The art of literary celebrity
How do writers become more than their books?
Read for pleasure
Against the functionalist approach to literature
The truth about book reviewing
What does it mean to be critical?
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair