Writers
The art of literary celebrity
How do writers become more than their books?
Crowdfunding in an empty street
Not everyone can succeed at the art of asking
Murders for the New Year
A dark start to 2023
New Year’s writing resolutions
What I will try to improve in 2023
Creativity and chaos
Writers with biographies to match their books
A forgotten writer brought to life
Shirley Hazzard stuck doggedly to exploring love — a theme unfashionable even then
Murders for November
Gripping plots and dodgy prose for the autumn months
Danny Lestrange: Eternal Columnist
From the immaturity of young adulthood to the immaturity of old age
A literary master of wine
There’s a gap in the market for Andrew Jefford’s next great book
Against writers
But in praise of writing
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
Humza Yousaf, global citizen
Britain needs one, and only one, foreign policy
After the Cass Review
Our elected politicians need more independence from partial lobbyists
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
Free speech is a waste of breath
Free speech is not our cause, and it gets us nowhere anyway
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Taking on the right-on with cold, hard facts
A practical manual for anyone who has no choice but to sit on committees with idealistic intellectuals
