Pandemic Fiction
The coronavirus variations
Here are three of our most praised writers with new offerings written during one or more lockdowns and that also take in the pandemic in their subject matter
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them