Richard Francis
Small, but perfectly formed
John Self examines three varied, emotionally satisfying novels that together come in at less than the length of a single Mantel
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
The student politics of Clive Lewis
All he sees are good guys and bad guys