Scheherezade
Scheherazade scoops the pot
Women now dominate the literary landscape
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
