Satire
Blowing with the wind
This humble character actor pledges unwavering allegiance to whatever comes next
Emma Booster
Her novels occupy the curious, contested space that stretches between literary fiction and commercial romance
Nicolas (30 ans)
With his well-paid white-collar job in the capital, 30-year-old Nick ought to be living in clover — so why isn’t he?
Rebooting the Bard
Technological forces shall ensure the emergence of an altogether more “relatable” Bard, fittingly diverse in origin
The takeover
North to south London is a strictly one-way street
Miriam Spector
Sad to relate, there are celebrity ghostwriters who despise their clients
Ed Davey in rat-infested custard
Even torture wouldn’t stop Davey from voting for cleaner streets and better-run councils
Homosexuality is transphobic
The woke case against same-sex attraction
Lest we forget …
The writing’s on the wall for lowly folk still silly enough to consider themselves “creatives”
Booker candidates … and also-rans
The measure of a novel is not its ideas but how it animates those ideas
