Stephen Spender
Where are The Truly Great?
When it comes to how to live a meaningful life, the late left-wing poet Stephen Spender and Jordan Peterson exhibit a surprising amount in common
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
How to be anti-woke without being weird
There is a thin but vital line to tread
Crossroads of history
Cyprus is an island of contradictions, and the more we learn about it, the more paradoxical it becomes
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
War returns to Kursk
Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?
Ethnic identity is fine, as long as you’re not English
In the corridors of power, every ethnic grievance is welcome — except for the concerns of the English
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Playing the long game
Rishi Sunak misjudged the electorate by prioritising tax cuts over the country’s future
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
