Tibor Fischer
Melodrama of a Manic Moralist
Book review of Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin
Fornication’s Early Years
Review of Rome by Robert Hughes
Novel Idea
A new online scheme is taking publishing back to its roots, bringing authors closer to their readerships
Ode to Joyce
Book review of James Joyce: A Biography by Gordon Bowker
Good But Not Great
Book review of The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
A Hungarian Democrat Takes on the Old Guard
After last year’s landslide, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been attacked across Europe for his new media law. But is the criticism fair?
The Test of Character
Book Reviews: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen; and Sunset Park by Paul Auster
All About Himself
La Carte et le Territoire by Michel Houellebecq
Writers of the World, Unite
Politics and the Novel During the Cold War by David Caute
Old Men Don’t Forget
The Misogynist by Piers Paul Read and Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
The Brexit crunch approaches
Thorny issues remain unresolved as the transition period comes to a close. Yet the hurdles to a deal are not insurmountable
Meritocracy makes a new ruling class
Innovation has often come from hard work by unlettered people. But young progressives now seem to treat education as a proxy for virtue
Some black lives matter more than others
Black Lives Matter misses the point—we should highlight the progress we have made, not split society and trap ourselves in victimhood