Salena Godden
The Critic Books Podcast: Mrs Death Misses Death
Salena Godden is in conversation with Francesca Peacock
Was The Bible written by slaves?
A new book maintains that enslaved scribes and readers may have affected the shaping of Christian ideas
The end of “Anglo-Saxon”?
The rebranding of Anglo-Saxon England is senseless and silly
How to make marriage less taxing
We should let young couples keep more of their own money
Anarchy in the UK
Until the Siege of Sidney Street, anarchism had been tolerated in England
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024
Eyes on the prizes — and the surprises
Every literary season has a book that comes from nowhere and seems to gallop ahead of the competition
Wanderer above the sea of clods
The next month might be maddening but it will not be dull
The grey vote will not save the Tories
Appealing to older voters is failing as an electoral strategy
Mad dogs and English football
Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance