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
Belfast’s best-kept secret
John Self welcomes the reissue of three works by Brian Moore, one of Northern Ireland few novelists who can stand toe-to-toe with the contemporary greats
Sweet taste of sovereignty
It seems “Global Britain” is smaller and less delicious
Everlasting beauty
Dried flowers are back in vogue, says Hephzibah Anderson
Can the plan
Mark Drakeford is desperate to impress with his LGBTQ+ Action Plan
Happily devoid of consequences
The Beano magazine retains its quality but not all its character over the decades
My Body: a lesson in self-awareness
It would be easy to deride Emily Ratajowski as a hypocrite, but there is something deeper underneath her famous looks
The noise before defeat
Even a good retreat would not have rescued a bad war
The Napoleonic Wars
Professor Jeremy Black discusses why and how Europe was engulfed in wars with France between 1792 and 1815
London Nights (Capriccio)
Intelligent and well played though it is, Franziska Lee’s album of Londonoid piano pieces can’t make a bad sonata better
Hard Labour
Industrial scale drinking, courting communists and winning the “Golden Bollock”
Can Cambridge cope with Jordan Peterson?
His visit tests the self-appointed judiciary of acceptable ideas