America
After the Tea Party
America’s right wing is becoming a lot more like Britain’s
Home again
One of the more welcome and surprising things about television at the moment is that Homeland (Channel 4, Sunday) is…
Assange is a narcissist and a nut – but if America ever comes for him, we should take his side
Poor Julian Assange. Call me a contrarian but I’m genuinely starting to feel sorry for the guy. He’s just made…
Diary
The former proprietor of this magazine, Conrad Black, is in London at the moment with his gorgeous wife Barbara, and…
Mass murder and the Hollywood ending
I’ve found myself strangely drawn to the videos made by the 22-year-old assassin Elliot Rodger just before he went on…
A land of extremes
A few years ago I would have quite liked to live in America. I’m not sure now. For one thing,…
Shopping for the apocalypse
America’s doomsday preparedness industry is booming
Clinton vs Bush – again
American politics looks increasingly like an oligarchy
Setting Kerouac on the road
In 1944, when he was 22, Jack Kerouac lost a manuscript — in a taxi, as he thought, but probably…
Europe’s nightmare neighbour
Putin has now broken the post-Cold War consensus for good. But Russia may not enjoy the results
The long and winding road
If you have read Iain Sinclair’s books you will know that he is a stylist with a love of language.…
Diary
For a minute I just stood there with my back against the wall, staring at the credit card receipt. Then…
Visual poetry
The famous court case in which Ruskin accused Whistler of ‘flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face’ continues…
Taking the rap
Since his suicide, David Foster Wallace has made the transition from major writer to major industry. Hence this UK issue…
From brilliance to burn-out
Thick, sentimental and with a narrative bestriding four decades, Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings feels above all like a Victorian novel,…
