A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
Megan Nolan questions why women writers still struggle to be taken seriously.'The appearance of the
Will Self reflects on success...and failure. 'Ours is a society', he writes, 'in which that hoary o
Linda Colley argues that President Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a wake-up call which should remind
John Connell goes fishing in northern Spain, home to one of the oldest populations of Atlantic salmo
Sara Wheeler has just been appointed the authorised biographer of the travel writer, Jan Morris. But
From boyhood, through young adulthood, to the present day, Howard Jacobson ponders his relationship
Tom Shakespeare decided several years ago he was no longer going to fly for pleasure. But his father
As the Tory leadership election highlights questions of social mobility, David Goodhart looks at why
'We're witnessing a major change in British politics,' writes John Gray. 'But to what?' With Boris J
Zoe Strimpel argues that wealth creation should be the bedrock of politics. She says that while she
Sarah Dunant relives a road trip she took 50 years ago, travelling across the USA at a time when Roe
'It's time to acknowledge', writes Will Self, 'that we don't really feel nostalgia at all - only som
Howard Jacobson reflects on his upcoming 'significant birthday' and why he's become a willing partic
Adam Gopnik grew up in Canada, where he saw the Queen age gracefully on the country's bank notes - t
After recently discovering the secret of her local meadow, which hides the ruins of World War Two, R
'Over the centuries', writes Michael Morpurgo, 'we have been a safe haven to so many, and they have
'We must never underestimate the power of words to shape public opinion and politics', writes Bernar
In the aftermath of recent headlines coming out of the Commons, Sarah Dunant explores sexual equalit
Will Self presents a very British solution to the issues surrounding the legalisation of marijuana.
"It is a terrible thing to be in possession of a truth that people don't want to hear," writes Howar