Literature
The triumph of anti-art – UnHerd
Interwar Paris was a world-historic cultural incubator, one of the most fertile…
Meet the bard of the Boxing Day hunt
This morning, hunts across England and Wales will gather for their last Boxing…
David Walliams deserves the presumption of innocence
I don’t care whether you like David Walliams or not, the way he has been treated…
The vital, democratic spirit of John Carey
John Carey, who died last week aged 91, was a man of broad democratic instincts.…
Inside the Jane Austen theme park
Jane Austen didn’t even like Bath, and she stopped writing when she lived here —…
Introducing… Vibe Shift by Brendan O’Neill
The post Introducing… <em>Vibe Shift</em> by Brendan O’Neill…
The transgressions of Tom Stoppard
If language lies at the core of our existence, it’s also a playground without…
Tom Stoppard, 1937-2025 – Commentary Magazine
Tom Stoppard did something no writer had ever done before: He wrote his…
Sally Rooney’s regime literature – spiked
You cannot avoid Sally Rooney when she publishes a new novel. Over the past year…
What Margaret Atwood got wrong
Margaret Atwood has a reputation for spookily accurate predictions about the…
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