David Womersley
Irreverent reboot of well woke Will
Is Shakespeare ‘accessible’? The truth is that Shakespeare’s plays combine an unusual accessibility of human situation with an unusual difficulty of language
Sam-I-Am’s Final Act
The last volume of his collected letters reveals Samuel Beckett at his most Beckettian
Was There An Irish Enlightenment?
What is “enlightenment”, and did one happen in 18th-century Ireland?
The Prime And Vigour Of His Life
The final volume of Burke’s writings proves we are living in a golden age of Burke scholarship
The Fine Art Of Editing Reveals The Real Eliot
The new edition of Eliot’s elusive poems surprises, delights and informs
Hume’s ‘Treatise’ And The Problem Of Early Success
A new biography sheds light on the afterlife of Hume’s writings
Reflections On Bourke’s Burke
A careful and learned account which will be required reading for future historians of Burke
Why The World Still Loves Shakespeare
The great endurance of the Bard
Quotidian but Quite Quotable
This latest volume in the superb Cambridge edition of Beckett’s letters discredits the writer’s diffidence
Burke’s Enduring Brilliance
A new book shows how Edmund Burke’s thoughts are still relevant to our present discontents
Greta’s very corporate children’s crusade
Behind the schoolgirl climate warrior lies a shadowy cabal of lobbyists, investors and energy companies seeking to profit from a green bonanza
The road to hell for the mentally incapacitated
The weasel words of disability rights may be well-intentioned, but they mask institutional cruelty and deprive caring parents of their say
Cry, the rapidly crumbling country
President Ramaphosa has won the election but his position is fragile: South Africa faces poverty, inequality and corruption almost entirely self-inflicted by the ruling ANC