Richard Ford
Men and women and men
John Self reviews Sorry for Your Trouble by Richard Ford, This is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill and Cleanness by Garth Greenwell
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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
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.