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Under the Tuscan spell | The New Criterion

A review of A Villa in Tuscany by Susanna Johnston.

Lucie Elven · Unblenched: Homage to Brigid Brophy

What happens at a New York convention of Sherlock Holmes fans

On This Gay Day: Merle Miller declared what it means to be a homosexual

CRAIG BROWN: There really was nothing like Barry Humphries

I've been re-reading an anthology of poems Barry created for his friends for Christmas the year before last. The copy he sent me is one of my most cherished possessions.

The overlooked genius of Ronald Firbank

This week English Heritage has put up a blue plaque to the novelist Ronald Firbank, and I know, from 40 years of going on about Firbank, that not everyone who sees it will have heard of him. He falls into that intriguing and important category of blue-plaque subjects who are not household names, but whose

Alan Hollinghurst, Author at The Spectator

Weekly magazine featuring the best British journalists, authors, critics and cartoonists, since 1828

Keeping the peace: the politics of policing protest

On the podcast: In his cover piece for The Spectator Ian Acheson discusses the potential disruption to Armistice Day proceedings in London this weekend. He says that Metropolitan Police Chief Mark Rowley is right to let the pro-Palestine protests go ahead, if his officers can assertively enforce the law. He joins the podcast alongside Baroness Claire Fox

Revisiting the Dandy Canon, From Baudelaire to Bloomsbury

The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature

Six opinionated writers debate — and define — the state of L.G.B.T.Q. writing in order to make a list of the most essential works of fiction, poetry and drama right now.