Salman Rushdie
Stand with Salman Rushdie
There should be no doubt
Time the Old Gang departed
The Amis/Barnes/McEwan generation have dominated the book scene for too long
The twin prophets of pessimism
The novelist and the philosopher linked by a common fascination with despair
Women MPs should be representing women’s interests
It was ludicrous to talk about microaggressions in the aftermath of an alkaline attack
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Alan Bates Britain
The case for dramatising every national scandal
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
Nicola Sturgeon and the WhatsApp Group of Secrets
Stern but lovable Scot, Professor Sturgeon, would tell us the whole truth…wouldn’t she?
Katharine Birbalsingh is wrong about religion in schools
Education should prepare us for the good life, not just good grades
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul
