Poetry
The Estate Agent’s Daughter
A poem
Voyeur
A poem
The Overshoot
A poem from Zonal
Grace
A poem by Roger Robinson, from “A Portable Paradise”
Easter Sunday, 2020
Poetry by Rowan Williams
Robert Conquest: Garland for a Propagandist
The Commissar of Bray: Robert Conquest satirises Communist hackery
New poetry
“Reader, there never was a choice. The air between these pages is sucked out each time we watch her go”
Last lines: Clive James
Fans of Clive James cherished his poetry as much as his other accomplishments. This is an excerpt from Ian Shircore’s new biography, “So Brightly at the Last”, the first full-length study of the man and his muse
‘Surface Tension’ and ‘Falconry’
The birds are stoned with the humidity / in the sluggish air, the element / condensing on their feathers like beads.
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