Robert McCrum
This way, madness lies
Using the name Shakespeare in your book title shouldn’t do anything for sales
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
Explaining the Boriswave
How and why the Conservatives betrayed their voters on immigration
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
