10 Dec 2021 - 12:02am

This is Tolkien’s world The Lord of the Rings is more than nostalgic medievalism

Dominic Sandbrook

09.12

Inside the trans publishing purge Children's authors are silenced for telling the truth

Josephine Bartosch

06.12

Albert Speer’s egomania Who cares that Nazis can be charming?

Ann Manov

30.11

Why writers loved to feud Today's bright young things are too wet for a scrap

Julie Burchill

29.11

Oliver Stone’s seductive conspiracies The director's JFK obsession was initially enticing

Dorian Lynskey

24.11

The importance of Freddie Mercury After his death, gay society became more reckless

Philip Hensher

19.11

Mary Gaitskill teaches us to embrace complexity The writer understands that love is a living nightmare

Ann Manov

15.11

Pop psychology has killed the villain Profit is more important than the menace of evil

Dorian Lynskey

08.11

Leonard Cohen was enslaved by Eros He elevated sex to the sublime life force of creation

Maurice Glasman

05.11

The Velvet Underground had to die Nobody wants their heroes to survive

Ann Manov

29.10

Lord of the Rings is better than Dune Tolkien understood the corrupting effect of power

Peter Franklin

26.10

Why Wes Anderson loves the New Yorker The French Dispatch is an ode to the most fetishised magazine in the world

Dorian Lynskey