Homosexuality
Old school ties
Robert Gore-Langton talks to Julian Mitchell about the painful roots of his hit play Another Country
A later beginner
‘On the whole I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings…
New York notebook
Bard College in upstate New York, where I teach in the spring semester, is an interesting institution, once better known…
A place of rough justice
There are writers whose prose style is so fluid, so easy, the reader feels as though he has been taken…
Putin’s poison
Sochi 2014 is the least wintry Winter Olympics ever. Yes, there’s a bit of downhill shimmying going on in the…
Putin’s pink peril
Russia’s thuggish President has picked on the wrong minority
Diary
Next time I’m in a sauna I’m going to say: ‘It’s like a school sports hall on prize day in…
