Mary McCarthy
The hilarious return of the campus novel
For its first two hundred pages, I read Shibboleth with jaw agape
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)