Novelist
Belfast’s best-kept secret
John Self welcomes the reissue of three works by Brian Moore, one of Northern Ireland few novelists who can stand toe-to-toe with the contemporary greats
The end of the road
Nick Cohen has adopted a new workout: wrestling with a novel
Bunty Malone
Best-selling novelist
American Tolstoy
Time to proclaim the greatness of Herman Wouk, once feted for the sweep of his historical novels
Life as an accidental émigré
The coronavirus pandemic has birthed a new historically-specific group: the lockdown refugees
What will Net Zero cost?
Extravagant plans for a greener country will provide cold comfort for ordinary people
Black lives matter
Knife crime is predominantly black on black, so don’t hold the police back
The revolution might not be televised
Brexit has been blamed for the decline of the British press, but the mainstream media was broken long before we left the European Union
Vanishing worlds
Round-up: what do these books tell us about literary culture in 2021?
Nero: zero or hero?
Despite everything we thought we knew, Nero may just possibly be regarded as a half-decent emperor
Letter from Washington: The Trumpism-without-Trump candidate
J.D. Vance thinks the MAGA movement is about more than the man
Goodbye to the Blonds
The generation of idiosyncratic proprietors who changed the face of the British book industry
It’s not Rooney, it’s you
When identity is the primary means of engagement with art, criticism is reduced to mud-slinging
Pandemic Olympiad
The Tokyo games will be an uncomfortable charade