Meg Mason
Contemporary writing with a twist and a tug
In this month’s fiction selection, John Self discovers novels that successfully use their style to enhance rather than simply describe the story
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
Can we save our parish churches?
It will take cultural as well as institutional change
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
