Family
Salerno Diary
Finding solace in a corner of a foreign field
Decline Of The East? The Chinese Say No
China’s birthrate is higher than South Korea’s or Japan’s. Yet family life is thriving there as millions defy the one-child policy
Something Rotten
‘Occasionally one reads of an incident in this great metropolis so awful, so disturbing, that just for a moment one’s mental moorings are shaken’
Double Trouble In Thebes
Two productions of Antigone show the elasticity of one of the most challenging plays in the canon
Tough Tales For Dark Times
Erich Kästner’s books for children shows that that difficult ideas don’t have to be kept from young readers
An Incisive Observer
‘The first generation sweats on market stalls to give their kids the education that enables them, ultimately, to patronise their parents’
The Family is the Key to the Future of Faith
The postwar baby boom fuelled a religious revival, but the welfare state is no substitute for the family—or God
Life with Father
Sports-pages-stalwart Roger Mortimer’s writing has been resurrected with the publication of letters to his children
My Five Husbands
A new short story by Joseph Epstein
Life With Father
Comparing Colette’s protagonist Gigi with her namesake Gigi Chao shows that meddling family members are nothing new
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal