Writers
The bad old days
The “golden years” of publishing were characterised by booze, bullying and amateurishness
Meeting the masses
With scant audiences and paltry remuneration, author’s tours can be far from glamorous
The death of the literary feud
When writers become fighters
Disturbed by blurbs
On the ethics of literary marketing
Publishing needs to be more diverse, but how?
Real pluralism is about ideas, not just identity
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
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
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Return to SENDer
Labour has created a real chance to reform SEND, writes Zachary Marsh — but will it take it?
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
A show to make you afraid of the dark
Opera is the repository of everything crass and depraved in what is laughingly called European “civilisation”
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness