Richard Powers
The satisfaction of small pleasures
The most anticipated book of the year, a Booker Prize nominee and a posthumous release: John Self on three new, big releases this month
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
Femcel fantasies
“The Substance” is an accidentally revealing film
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
