Women Writers
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
A fresh take on difficult women
Why should women writers of the past take on today’s Utopian orthodoxies?
The solipsistic siren
The sexual liberation and unrequited search of Nancy Cunard emblematises 1920s Paris
How do you solve a problem like memoir?
A new book by Melissa Febos gets right to the heart of the genre
Why do women bear the brunt of literary censorship?
Cancellation is the modern manifestation of public shaming culture
Scheherazade scoops the pot
Women now dominate the literary landscape
Music for a disintegrating world
Valentin Silvestrov: Widmung, Postludium (Naxos)
Pop on a party hat
Jazz up your wardrobe with perfect headwear
The Modi-fication of British politics
Both parties should stop seeking approval from sectarian Hindu nationalists
The new Scotland
Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite
No party for female voters
Gender-critical feminists have almost no one worth supporting
Why Meghan is my role model
The public needs to get to know the real Meghan
Racing’s shame
British racing should have nothing to do with Sheikh Mohammed
Starmer the farmer
The Labour battle bus rolls into bucolic England
The secret war of a wolf in chic clothing
Dudley Clarke had his fingers in many of the most interesting pies of covert operations in World War II
Bedazzling
Nigel Farage takes centre stage and everyone else is sidelined
The slain in Spain, and Belfast again
This police drama tidies up loose ends just enough, but still leaves the viewers wanting more
