Novelist
Profile: Allan Massie
The recently deceased Scots journalist and author
Durrell dissected
Larry: A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell, 1912-1945 by Michael Haag
Fanning the flames of the firebird
D. H. Lawrence claimed the symbol of rebirth as his birthright
Novelist, Nobel laureate and Nazi
Which of these three facts is the most important?
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
Iain Banks: a double life
His disturbing debut, The Wasp Factory, is being reissued this year
The first futurist
There is more to Daniel Defoe than Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe
The elegant extremist
Ian McEwan has always tempered his shocking stories with polished prose
The feud that made the modern age
A new book breathes new life into historical fiction
Rediscovering Martin Amis
He made reading, and writing, fun
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses