Zadie Smith
The myth of infallibility
Dispiriting as it may be, great authors are capable of writing bad books
Decline of the English novel
Bereft of God and middle class values, authors are left with identity politics
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
A Soviet revelation
David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition (58CDs, 3DVDs)
No Kemi, liberalism hasn’t been hacked
Badenoch’s party brought us to this point. It was no accident
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
