truth

A world full of artifice: Life of M, by Rachel Cusk, reviewed

29 August 2026 9:00 am

Cusk’s beautiful actress protagonist claims to shun the advantages of fame – but fabrication and privilege are essential to her glide through life

The paths that lead to truth

12 February 2022 9:00 am

The dust jacket of The Matter With Things quotes a large statement from an Oxford professor: ‘This is one of…

I’m not surprised that my friend Donald Trump is leading in the polls

24 October 2015 9:00 am

As everyone knows, journalists tend to take themselves seriously, especially American journalists, who take themselves very, very seriously. Dan Rather…

William Blake’s depiction of Urizen, creator and lawgiver

Was Keats right after all?

8 August 2015 9:00 am

Mediterranean crockery has a lot to answer for. It famously spoke thus to John Keats: ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty,…