Ted Hughes
Fishing with Ted Hughes
A new memoir finds the poet in a world of rivers, rods, and reels
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived