Novelist
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
An off-kilter visionary
Henry Green had a strange and distinctive talent
Remembering an “effervescently affable man”
Kurt Vonnegut at 100
The ascent of Barbara Pym
A chronicler of the overlooked, she has at last got her just literary deserts
Stand with Salman Rushdie
There should be no doubt
What’s behind that enigmatic smile?
The author of a new novel about the Mona Lisa explores the history of the world’s most famous painting
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
History will judge us on gender
How can the modern world tolerate such absurdity?
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
Preparing for the worst
How gender critical commentators are preparing for the impact of the Hate Crime and Public Order Act
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
Dylan Mulvaney did not share our girlhood
His bizarre parody of the female experience is grossly offensive
The City’s lights are dimming
The Square Mile is increasingly at risk of becoming an irrelevance
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Childhood reclaimed
Mobile phones have been constraining our kids’ imaginations — but it does not have to be this way
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
