December 29, 2021

It’s not the end of the world Fantasies of decline can make you powerless

Oliver Bateman

24.12

Dickens hated Oliver Twist The Victorians virtue-signalled their way out of caring about poverty

Will Lloyd

20.12

The unbearable lightness of being cancelled Milan Kundera introduced us to the Devil's laughter

Howard Jacobson

15.12

The cult of Christopher Hitchens He would be unimpressed by the fawning of his fans

Tomiwa Owolade

13.12

We are all Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert, born 200 years ago, was disgusted by reality

Tomiwa Owolade

10.12

This is Tolkien’s world The Lord of the Rings is more than nostalgic medievalism

Dominic Sandbrook

09.12

Inside the trans publishing purge Children's authors are silenced for telling the truth

Josephine Bartosch

02.12

Alice Sebold’s empty apology I've never believed a word she's written

Philip Hensher

30.11

Why writers loved to feud Today's bright young things are too wet for a scrap

Julie Burchill

19.11

Mary Gaitskill teaches us to embrace complexity The writer understands that love is a living nightmare

Ann Manov

29.10

Lord of the Rings is better than Dune Tolkien understood the corrupting effect of power

Peter Franklin

29.10

Instagram is the future of poetry Ignore the snobbishness of the literary elite

Henry Oliver