Writers
Fun in the sun
Summer finally appeared for the most civilised drinks event of the season
Let publishers publish
The protracted corporate decision-making process is stifling the books industry
The odd couple
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene may have been unlike as possible, but they remained the closest of friends for four decades
Just show me the money
A body that collects authors’ revenues is going off-book and asking about their gender
Alan Bennett at 90
From the small screen to the stage, Alan Bennett has been the poet of awkwardness and isolation
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
Mirabel Chevenix
Grande dame
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Where has all the money gone?
Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Asset-stripping on campus?
Selling universities to private companies risks destroying their charitable purpose
Italian elegance
Italian Perspectives (Pentatone)
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe