Rupert Murdoch
Is this the end of Farage’s political career?
If Nigel Farage manages to buy talkRADIO, it would rule him out of frontline politics
Why do we review books?
D.J. Taylor reflects on nearly four decades of hard graft on the literary pages
Grammar ain’t a class issue
Angela Rayner’s inverted snobbery helps no one
The power of the pageant
Our enchanted, sometimes absurd, monarchy is one of the last focuses of common cultural experience
And never the twain shall meet?
A lineup of new books tackle the thorny China problem
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
Hail Mary
A Bloody Mary is perfect at almost any time of day and in every kind of weather
The uses and abuses of nostalgia
The old like to think they had it harder, but secretly feel they had it better, too
Women should not be for sale
We must challenge the Left’s view of prostitution as “progressive” and “sex work” as liberating