Articles from the author

Movement to ban corporal punishment is gaining ground all over the world. Is Britain finally ready to give up the right to hit children?

Penelope Lively on her unexpected new collection and feeling more engaged with British politics than ever

Had the prime minister followed through on her anti-democratic promises, the very existence of parties such as the Greens would have been threatened

Lucy Hughes-Hallett, the author of the multi-prize-winning biography of Gabriele d’Annunzio, on publishing her first novel at age 65

The Man Booker-shortlisted author talks about racism, characters caught between worlds and asking how to be a good person

Applying any ethical criteria is ridiculously hard when it comes to fashion

Sergio De La Pava, a public defence lawyer, on why, a decade after it was written, ‘A Naked Singularity’ has gained the recognition it deserves

Paper on how insect and human societies work had the likes of Richard Dawkins lining up to shoot author down