Philip Roth
Is biography having its very own reckoning?
Blake Bailey has become the latest figure to allegedly fall foul of the uncompromising moral standards of American publishing
Why are great writers such awful people?
In the wake of renewed controversy over Philip Roth’s treatment of women, Nigel Jones asks whether there is a link between creative genius and sexual unorthodoxy
The problem with the Celtic Fringe
Devolution has proved to be a disastrous mistake
So many art fairs, so little time
On the forums that bring together dealer and buyer
The Conservative love affair with petty prohibitionism
How much time has been wasted on trivial legislation?
Populism on the march
As populism advances on both sides of the channel, we ask if it can make the shift from insurgent movement to governing project
The rise of electoral sectarianism
Multiculturalism is reshaping British political life
The Conservatives need a clear-out
Failed advisers and politicians have to be removed
That was the night that was
A new dawn has broken, even if the sky is grey
Nature neglected
In this election green policy only get airtime when it can be linked to jobs
PMQs of the Apes
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
The new Stalinism?
Far left tactics are shifting in a more centralised, disruptive direction