Death
A last time for everything
Life is full of little endings. We should pay them more attention
On war and remembrance
There’s a plausible theory — recently rehearsed in the BBC’s excellent two-part documentary The Lion’s Last Roar? — that our…
Diary
Last Tuesday I tried to sign up to a new life. My wife and I argued, slightly. ‘I don’t think…
A long goodbye
Clive James on poetry, civilisation and the critical benefits of facing leukaemia
Barking mad
Our attitude to animals and their suffering is bonkers
Pass the sick bag
Charles Saatchi, the gallery owner, has created his own Chamber of Horrors in this thick, square book, ‘inspired by striking…
Murder porn
It’s time to stand up against the self-righteous sharing of videos of beheading and other gruesome violence
Diary
I have written a play, but a month after it was sent to half a dozen theatres, I have heard…
Dignity? Forget it!
It takes a special sort of talent to be able to make drawings of your own 97-year-old mother on her…
Exit strategy
I am ready to talk about my death. Is anyone else?
Death does not become us
Shortly after Bob Crow’s death was announced on Tuesday, Nigel Farage sent the following tweet: ‘Sad at the death of…
Neknominations – this is what the internet is for
Wouldn’t it be boring if everyone behaved much as you behave? If everyone expressed themselves similarly? Let a thousand flowers…
Farewell, Claudio Abbado
Fellini’s credo ‘the visionary is the only true realist’ could also be applied to the life of Claudio Abbado, who…
High life
I suppose the secret of death is to choose not to expire the same day as famous people. I read…
Royally entertaining
Seeing the royal hack pack in full cry on Monday reminded me of the week I spent with the late…
