Pseudonym
What’s in a nym?
How and why writers conceal their true selves
Will the real Elena Ferrante please sit down?
It is her words and voice, not her purported identity, that matter to her fans
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There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
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The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave