8 Dec 2022 - 12:01am

Michel Houellebecq’s sexual apocalypse Has our nihilist prophet been tamed by love?

Jacob Siegel

30.11

The forgotten genius of Compton Mackenzie The long-lost writer emancipated the English novel

Andrew Doyle

23.11

Who cancelled English folklore? Britain is embarrassed by its heritage

Isabella Bengoechea

15.11

Bob Dylan has no philosophy His new book is the work of a talker, not a thinker

Geoff Dyer

11.11

John Milton’s free speech crusade His vision of liberty is more potent than ever

Andrew Doyle

10.11

Was Kurt Vonnegut a nice man? A good writer doesn't have to be a saint

Dorian Lynskey

08.11

Can you read in Scottish? Writing in dialect is a subversive act

Tom Newlands

19.10

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

Will Lloyd

12.10

Annie Ernaux: queen of the suburbs The Nobel laureate carved beauty from the ordinary

Boyd Tonkin

10.10

How Smiley’s people conquered Britain John le Carré was never an Englishman's writer

David Patrikarakos

22.09

Why artists sell out Mammon, not the muse, calls the shots

Andrew Doyle

14.09

Richard Osman’s common people Britain's gerontocrats would rather live in a TV show

Nicholas Harris