Writers
Don’t believe the hype
The use of author testimonials to sell books is a performative exercise in gilding the lily
Show me the money
Why do authors so often have such difficulty extracting the fees they are owed?
Prophet of the end of liberalism
John Gray at 75
Lifting the mask of a mercurial master
Soden shares the spoils of untrammelled access: vivid evidence of the man not seen
Against conservative clichés
What conservatives talk about when they talk about conservatism
An off-kilter visionary
Henry Green had a strange and distinctive talent
(Some) Writers Wanted
The drive for diversity can lead to discrimination
The secret diary of Adrian Chiles (aged 55 11/12ths)
A glimpse of genius at work
Freddie Simmons
An author who turned failure into success
Sense and sensitivity
Some readers need thicker skins
Spotify Wrapped is good for the soul
On the joys of exploring a year in music
Patostreamers and the decline of public life
A depressing new trend reflects the impoverished state of social existence
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
The idea of the countryside Pt. 2
English rural life in theory and practice Pt. 2
Not a relaunch
Is that a PLAN FOR CHANGE in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
The restless life of a very bourgeois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
