Section: Essay

Total Results: 1016


"He carried the burden of illiteracy, silently, since he was a boy." Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
3 Nov 2022 - 12:03am

How illiteracy silenced my father Only in death did he escape the drowning machine

Darran Anderson

Wednesday, 2 November

02.11

The Tories will never be united True politics is defined by disorder and division

Terry Eagleton

Tuesday, 1 November

01.11

Vladimir Putin’s failed strategy After 250 days, his forces are caught in a paradox

Edward Luttwak

Friday, 28 October

28.10

Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska nightmare America's heartlands are still haunted by despair

Zachary Hardman

Thursday, 27 October

27.10

Ireland’s Troubles will not return The response to the Protocol is needlessly hysterical

Andrew Doyle

Wednesday, 26 October

26.10

Can Sunak end the new class war? A deep divide exists between Virtuals and Physicals

Mary Harrington

Tuesday, 25 October

25.10

Is Rishi too rich to be PM? It will be hard to make the case for austerity

Phil Tinline

Monday, 24 October

24.10

How free should US states be? Americans have grown apart

Justin Webb

Friday, 21 October

21.10

The Tories were destined for civil war In a political crisis, everyone is a potential enemy

John Oxley

Thursday, 20 October

20.10

Why Truss’s gamble failed Survival is now more important than growth

Aris Roussinos

Wednesday, 19 October

19.10

Jan Morris: prophet of our gender troubles The trans pioneer left a peculiar legacy

Will Lloyd

Tuesday, 18 October

18.10

Kwasi Kwarteng was the wrong sort of clever The ex-Chancellor's humiliation was inevitable

Dominic Sandbrook