Someone, somewhere, has spent years, perhaps their whole life, pulling a book together. The reader gets to spend weeks reading it, and perhaps their whole life thinking about it

Keir Starmer’s new Substack only proves the point

American journalist had a dream job with New York magazine. Then she fell for one of her subjects. That’s when her problems started

Catherine Connolly’s keepy-uppies, Paddington’s values and ‘Miggledy’s’ dogs: this toddler-babble must stop

When civility leaves politics, everyone starts hating politicians, and that’s not an easy problem to solve

The reality media ecosystem is in a doom loop. TV begets fame, which begets a downfall, which begets tragedy, which begets more TV, and more fame

I cannot help but bristle at those who take solace in boring politicians, as evidence of a stable system

The centuries-deep tradition of the artist trading in metaphor is gone, as Allen breezily lyricises about her infidelitous husband’s bag of sex toys

We are witnessing the limitations of a system entirely reliant on the moral character of its personnel

The most interesting thing about arguing for Trump as a deserving recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize is that it is not a contrary thing to suggest at all

I have a theory that the more takeaways we order, the more miserable we become

20th Century Studios has announced a second – and pray to the heavens, final – The Simpsons feature length film

What kind of 'experience' do we expect our students of English literature to have if not reading Shakespeare?

White Irish in the UK understand they are not the type of immigrants targeted by the far-right figure

One of Banksy’s standard-issue street murals appears on the walls of the Royal Courts of Justice in London