Malcolm Cowley
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes