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Is this the worst poem ever written? Culture

Is this the worst poem ever written?

30th July 2019

Fraser Myers

Meet the anti-woke left Politics

Meet the anti-woke left

4th July 2019

Ella Whelan

You really will want this Books

You really will want this

27th June 2019

Michael Crowley

Shakespeare doesn’t need rewriting Culture

Shakespeare doesn’t need rewriting

24th June 2019

Patrick West

This Bloomsday, give James Joyce’s unloved masterpiece a try Books

This Bloomsday, give James Joyce’s unloved masterpiece a try

14th June 2019

Alexander Adams

The fight to publish Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’ Books

The fight to publish Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’

9th May 2019

Tim Black

Man’s inhumanity to man – and robots Books

Man’s inhumanity to man – and robots

26th April 2019

Ella Whelan

John Boyne is a man, not a ‘cis’ man Culture

John Boyne is a man, not a ‘cis’ man

25th April 2019

James Black

We need a new bohemianism Culture

We need a new bohemianism

21st March 2019

Sabine Beppler-Spahl

Meet the author who lied on behalf of the EU Culture

Meet the author who lied on behalf of the EU

18th February 2019

Tim Dawson

The return of book-burning Free Speech

The return of book-burning

1st February 2019

Jacob Reynolds

Serhiy Zhadan: Ukraine’s magical realist Books

Serhiy Zhadan: Ukraine’s magical realist

31st January 2019

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Ella Whelan

<em>Normal People</em>: an antidote to sexual paranoia Books

Normal People: an antidote to sexual paranoia

1st January 2019

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Our cultural highs and lows of 2018 Culture

Our cultural highs and lows of 2018

25th December 2018

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‘Circe is a self-made woman’ Books

‘Circe is a self-made woman’

22nd December 2018

Alexander Adams

<em>Atlas Shrugged</em>: Ayn Rand’s novel of ideas Books

Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s novel of ideas

22nd November 2018
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