March 5, 2020

In praise of uncynical children’s books Misanthropic tales may thrill kids, but it’s just nicer, sometimes, to read books by people who like people

Tom Chivers

05.03

How coronavirus plays into Trump’s hands The President uses the politics of the bathroom to make voters fearful of the other

Giles Fraser

04.03

Are humans heading for the knacker’s yard? In <i>A World Without Work</I>, Daniel Susskind hands us a collective P45. He can take it right back

Peter Franklin

04.03

What is the BBC worth? The licence fee is a relic from a long-gone age, and there are no good arguments left for keeping it

Maajid Nawaz

04.03

The joyful anachronism of kid lit Reading is a form of time-travel which allows folk memories to thrive

Sam Leith

03.03

Let’s scrap the Human Rights Act The response to the Conservative proposal combines high-minded hysteria with ignorance of history

John Gray

03.03

Stop looking for coronavirus ‘super-spreaders’ There are lots of bad and dangerous ideas circulating about contagious diseases

Tom Chivers

03.03

Why are children’s books so ugly? The state of illustrated kids' books makes one thing clear: we do not value beauty

Mary Harrington

03.03

The world needs curmudgeons We'd fall prey to every hare-brained scheme going if it weren't for grumpy old men and women

Sam Leith

02.03

Where the American Dream goes to die One in 15 US citizens lives in a trailer park — and now predatory speculators are moving in too

Ian Birrell

02.03

Children’s literature has lost the plot Are we teaching toddlers to read without teaching them to think?

Polly Mackenzie

02.03

The dangerous pull of political tribalism Why does believing in one thing mean signing up to an entire creed and picking a side?

James Mumford