sobel Williams Carcanet
Cheeky blinder
Isobel Williams’s treatment of selected poems is literary charcuterie, as neat as it is naughty
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
Let’s change the cultural meaning of the penis
Our genitals do not entitle us to anything
