Nobel Prize
Small lives and violent deaths
Not so much nailing down a topic as pricking it with a thousand needles
A study in radical rhetoric
We can disagree with Annie Ernaux’s politics while saying she deserves her Nobel Prize
Bad bets by the Booker
In 2021, is the state of the Booker still “not serious stuff”?
Nobel Noblemen
Beckett, Camus and Monod arrived by different roads at the same destination thanks to their common experience of fighting injustice
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
