Novelist
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
Bunty Malone
Best-selling novelist
American Tolstoy
Time to proclaim the greatness of Herman Wouk, once feted for the sweep of his historical novels
Most Read
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
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma