Nancy Mitford
The enduring appeal of the Mitford family
As the BBC’s adaptation of The Pursuit of Love begins, Alexander Larman questions whether the new dramatisation will do justice to Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel
Festive nuts and spice
Nancy Mitford’s 1932 festive novella ‘Christmas Pudding’ is the tonic 2020 is crying out for
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
A sound of Rowling thunder
Scotland’s government and police seem determined to turn themselves into a laughing stock
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Nicola Sturgeon and the WhatsApp Group of Secrets
Stern but lovable Scot, Professor Sturgeon, would tell us the whole truth…wouldn’t she?
The age of the Sex Olympics
It is time to resist the pornification of the modern world
