Nov 12 2026 - 12:03am

The war against Michel Houellebecq The French take their freedom for granted

Simon Heffer

28.10

Jonathan Swift is laughing at us He is literature’s greatest misanthropist

Malise Ruthven

14.09

The shock of Edna O'Brien The country girl is among the immortals

John Banville

30.07

On plagiarism All human life is an imitation

Terry Eagleton

25.07

The poet who invented Burnham’s North Basil Bunting believed in cultural devolution

Alex Niven

16.07

Why true crime isn't real Alex Murdaugh isn’t a compelling killer

Kat Rosenfield

15.07

Holden Caulfield: the original incel His grand delusions have become the norm

Poppy Sowerby

15.06

Hartley, not Orwell, foresaw today's tyranny Beauty has never been so political

Malise Ruthven

27.05

A Left case for the Great Books Naomi Kanakia loves the classics, despite herself

Valerie Stivers

20.05

Invasion of the literary bots Did AI game the Commonwealth Prize?

Vincenzo Barney

09.03

The tragedy of Jewish identity As antisemitism changes, so do its chroniclers

Alexander Cohen

28.02

Lord of the Flies is wrong about humanity We aren’t naturally cruel

Terry Eagleton