Novels
Murders for March
Celebrity killings, Victorian mysteries, and murders on the high seas
The disappeared and the damned
A reflection on Roger Scruton’s neglected “grooming gangs” novel
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
You can’t judge a book by its cover
All novels should be like this: stripped of the necessary but boring connective tissue
J.K. Rowling is honest, not “nasty”
Attempts to discredit the author are increasingly pathetic
Satire, sci-fi and a sting in the tale
It’s time for our annual guide to the best new fiction of the year
Fielding Sterne questions
The novel world of English literature in the 1700s
Swansongs and southern discomfort
Three new novels plough the furrow between popular and literary fiction
Medicalising art
Literature needs better friends
Stand with Salman Rushdie
There should be no doubt
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Kemi Badenoch was right about the chaos in Clapham
Rioting as entertainment is a First World phenomenon
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history