Sylvia Plath
Fishing with Ted Hughes
A new memoir finds the poet in a world of rivers, rods, and reels
How to become a cult writer
What does it take for an author to become idolised way beyond their literary merit?
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James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
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Old-style literary agent
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate