Valerie Grove
You Must Remember This
“Whenever I crop up in someone’s reminiscences, I find their memory irritatingly fallible”
Laurie Lee’s Ladies
Uncovering the truth from the author’s legend
Unhappy Families
Completion is a dazzling debut by a promising young novelist
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