Nobel Prize
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
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
The only way is up
It’s narrow, man, a narrow path to victory
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
The Age of Twee
Line up and clap for the NHS, wankpuffin
