Richard Osman
Pointless protest
Spare us the snooty superiority of “real” writers affronted by celebrity novels
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
We can’t even give them away
Let’s not pretend we have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Cometh the hour, cometh the dealmaker
Trump’s ego might be just what the world needs
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France