wellnessfitproWhen Miguel de Cervantes published Don Quixote in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the modern novel was born. One of its defining features was the autonomous individual as the…
wellnessfitproThey’re comparing Sally Rooney to Salman Rushdie. I repeat: they’re comparing Sally Rooney to Salman Rushdie. They’re comparing the smuggest, most fawned-over author in Christendom, who withdrew her own books…
wellnessfitproJudging by some of my daughter’s picture books, the average British primary school is a bit of a bloodbath. Everybody seems to have been in the wars. Recently, I read…
wellnessfitproLast summer, Britain’s political and cultural elites were confronted with an alarming situation. A dangerous social contagion was spreading across the country, seemingly out of nowhere. This terrible pox was…
wellnessfitproThe Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson, the Swedish Academy has announced. The academy cited the author’s “bold and inventive oeuvre…
wellnessfitproWho are the bookies’ favourites? Ella Creamer Canadian poet Anne Carson and Chinese experimental writer Can Xue are the bookies’ favourites this year, with Ladbrokes listing their odds of taking…
wellnessfitproThere’s no doubt that Reform UK is a party in trouble. While the recent accusations of financial impropriety and illegality are grave in themselves, they also expose an organisation that’s…
wellnessfitproThe Spanish Civil War began 90 years ago. On 18 July 1936, General Francisco Franco, alongside fellow general Emilio Mola, led a right-wing military revolt against the democratically elected Popular…
wellnessfitproYou cannot avoid Sally Rooney when she publishes a new novel. Over the past year in London, the Irish writer’s latest book, Intermezzo, has been as ubiquitous as the ‘Free…
wellnessfitproIn the mid-2010s, people began to notice something strange happening on college campuses. In the past, wealthy donors tried to censor professors and students. But then the demands started coming…
