Writers
Boys need books
The gendering of publishing has gone too far
Eccentricities and obsessions
Novels that say a lot without making lots of noise
Mark Scrivener: Literary freelancer
Cometh the 200,000-word Serbian novel, cometh the man
Holiday reads by the recently departed
1980s fiction might more profitably fill your beach-y or gîte-y afternoons
Excessive expectations
On writers and mental health
Mr (or Mrs) 15 per cent
The best agents are unobtrusive and make sure attention is focused on their writers
Think, write, publish
Russian literature is not bound to Russian politics
Words can never hurt?
A new satire skewers the publishing industry
Young, gifted — and readerless
Why have we never heard of most of the young writers on the latest “Best of …” list?
What’s in a nym?
How and why writers conceal their true selves
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
The year in military history
2024 has been a rewarding year for lovers of books and history
London has lost its soul
National renewal must start with the capital
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
