Times Literary Supplement
Life gets worse for verse
Poetry has been put through the academic wringer and obfuscated by jargon
Who let the dons out?
Leave literary reviews to reviewers rather than score-settling academics
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
