epstein theory epstein theory truth letters trump populism changing mamdani magas

Has the Death of the Novel Been Greatly Exaggerated?

Readers respond to a column by David Brooks.

Comments

Opinions

The unwatchably awful Stephen Colbert interview that proves why he was doomed: MAUREEN CALLAHAN delivers the real story... and unmasks America's most loathsome late-night host

The unwatchably awful Stephen Colbert interview that proves why he was doomed: MAUREEN CALLAHAN delivers the real story... and unmasks America's most loathsome late-night host

about 2 hours ago

FLOURISHING AFTER 50: I bought a house with my son - and now I'm paying for everything

FLOURISHING AFTER 50: I bought a house with my son - and now I'm paying for everything

about 2 hours ago

TONY HETHERINGTON: Dad's £54,000 van has a brake fault but he can't get a refund

TONY HETHERINGTON: Dad's £54,000 van has a brake fault but he can't get a refund

about 2 hours ago

I did something awful in an Uber after my fiancé left the club early... He knew the truth the moment I kissed him when I got home: ASK JANA

I did something awful in an Uber after my fiancé left the club early... He knew the truth the moment I kissed him when I got home: ASK JANA

about 8 hours ago

I loathe Latham - and he hates me back. But there's an important detail about those vile allegations his critics in parliament have chosen to ignore. Do I really have to spell it out? PVO

I loathe Latham - and he hates me back. But there's an important detail about those vile allegations his critics in parliament have chosen to ignore. Do I really have to spell it out? PVO

about 8 hours ago

PETER HITCHENS: Ukraine's the stupidest war in modern history. Darkness is closing in

PETER HITCHENS: Ukraine's the stupidest war in modern history. Darkness is closing in

about 8 hours ago

The Biden administration secretly stole your data to engineer elections and silence speech

The Biden administration secretly stole your data to engineer elections and silence speech

about 9 hours ago

DAN HODGES: Keir Starmer's delusional if he thinks his morally bankrupt plan to let 16-year-olds vote will help him out. They'll NEVER vote for him

DAN HODGES: Keir Starmer's delusional if he thinks his morally bankrupt plan to let 16-year-olds vote will help him out. They'll NEVER vote for him

about 9 hours ago

Don’t expect Zohran Mamdani — or any other mayoral candidate — to fix NYC’s troubled schools

Don’t expect Zohran Mamdani — or any other mayoral candidate — to fix NYC’s troubled schools

about 10 hours ago

Letters to the Editor: Trump might be right to pull funding for California's 'train to nowhere'

Letters to the Editor: Trump might be right to pull funding for California's 'train to nowhere'

about 10 hours ago

Trump deserves a decision on his fraud-ruling appeal — free of political foot-dragging

Trump deserves a decision on his fraud-ruling appeal — free of political foot-dragging

about 12 hours ago

ALISON BOSHOFF: Market it like Meghan Markle! Duchess hopes to flog her brand...in the mall

about 13 hours ago

What Snoop Dogg's weird and offbeat investment really means for Swansea - and the worrying truth behind clubs welcoming celebrities in, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI

What Snoop Dogg's weird and offbeat investment really means for Swansea - and the worrying truth behind clubs welcoming celebrities in, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI

about 13 hours ago

Is consuming dairy like milk and cheese the cause of my bedtime problems? DR ELLIE reveals the surprising answer - and the cure

Is consuming dairy like milk and cheese the cause of my bedtime problems? DR ELLIE reveals the surprising answer - and the cure

about 13 hours ago

AMANDA PLATELL: This is the real scandal at the heart of the BBC that we are all being manipulated into ignoring. John Torode's sacking is just a distraction

AMANDA PLATELL: This is the real scandal at the heart of the BBC that we are all being manipulated into ignoring. John Torode's sacking is just a distraction

about 13 hours ago

Dimon’s delusional Powell support and more: Letters to the Editor — July 20, 2025

Dimon’s delusional Powell support and more: Letters to the Editor — July 20, 2025

about 14 hours ago

My best friend won't stop moaning, everything becomes a 'misery contest'. Should I walk away? This letter writer's more sad than they admit, replies BEL MOONEY... here's why

My best friend won't stop moaning, everything becomes a 'misery contest'. Should I walk away? This letter writer's more sad than they admit, replies BEL MOONEY... here's why

about 14 hours ago

JESSICA BOULTON: Only one BBC icon's been UNFAIRLY 'cancelled' this week - and it's not John Torode

JESSICA BOULTON: Only one BBC icon's been UNFAIRLY 'cancelled' this week - and it's not John Torode

about 18 hours ago

BORIS JOHNSON: Why Trump's really turning against Putin and Ukraine can now dare to dream of victory again

BORIS JOHNSON: Why Trump's really turning against Putin and Ukraine can now dare to dream of victory again

about 23 hours ago

Voters’ Zohran Mamdani fears: Letters to the Editor — July 19, 2025

Voters’ Zohran Mamdani fears: Letters to the Editor — July 19, 2025

Perps with HUNDREDS of arrests make a mockery of New York’s criminal-justice system

Perps with HUNDREDS of arrests make a mockery of New York’s criminal-justice system

ROBERT HARDMAN: Rocks, petrol bombs and cries of Allahu Akbar - and proof Starmer's new deal to stop the small boats is already doomed

ROBERT HARDMAN: Rocks, petrol bombs and cries of Allahu Akbar - and proof Starmer's new deal to stop the small boats is already doomed

Nix socialist supermarkets — and unleash capitalism to fix NYC’s food woes

Nix socialist supermarkets — and unleash capitalism to fix NYC’s food woes

After hitting rock bottom, colleges might be about to climb back up

After hitting rock bottom, colleges might be about to climb back up

JFK heir Jack Schlossberg is a sexist scumbag and worthless little pig. You'll be horrified when you read the squalid truth of his filthy obsession: KENNEDY

JFK heir Jack Schlossberg is a sexist scumbag and worthless little pig. You'll be horrified when you read the squalid truth of his filthy obsession: KENNEDY

Behind the ‘boondoggle’ of Gavin Newsom’s high-speed rail dream

Behind the ‘boondoggle’ of Gavin Newsom’s high-speed rail dream

Donald Trump’s ‘dream’ Democrat, the left embraces radical Islam and other commentary

Donald Trump’s ‘dream’ Democrat, the left embraces radical Islam and other commentary

Hooray! Taxpayers will no longer have to pick up the tab for NPR, PBS’s lefty propaganda

Hooray! Taxpayers will no longer have to pick up the tab for NPR, PBS’s lefty propaganda

With soft power and moral clarity, ‘Agent Melania’ flexes for the defenseless

With soft power and moral clarity, ‘Agent Melania’ flexes for the defenseless

Daniel Dubois has ripened from boyhood into the full-grown man… but Oleksandr Usyk remains the most fearsome puzzle in modern boxing, writes JEFF POWELL

Daniel Dubois has ripened from boyhood into the full-grown man… but Oleksandr Usyk remains the most fearsome puzzle in modern boxing, writes JEFF POWELL

Oleksandr Usyk is a tall mountain for Daniel Dubois to climb, but he CAN be beat - and the Brit will NOT make the same mistakes Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury made, writes JOHNNY NELSON

Oleksandr Usyk is a tall mountain for Daniel Dubois to climb, but he CAN be beat - and the Brit will NOT make the same mistakes Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury made, writes JOHNNY NELSON

Letters to the Editor: Fire departments could work with residents to boost neighborhood resilience

Letters to the Editor: Fire departments could work with residents to boost neighborhood resilience

Dishing out super-sized mortgages won't solve the problem of high house prices: SIMON LAMBERT

Dishing out super-sized mortgages won't solve the problem of high house prices: SIMON LAMBERT

Letters to the Editor: Trump administration is cherry-picking science in cage-free-egg lawsuit

Letters to the Editor: Trump administration is cherry-picking science in cage-free-egg lawsuit

Labour's cynical and foolish move to give the vote to 16-year-olds will backfire. This is why... and who will actually benefit: STEPHEN GLOVER

Labour's cynical and foolish move to give the vote to 16-year-olds will backfire. This is why... and who will actually benefit: STEPHEN GLOVER

Pinky ring demand is soaring, says jewellery expert DAN HATFIELD - do you have one tucked away worth a small fortune?

Pinky ring demand is soaring, says jewellery expert DAN HATFIELD - do you have one tucked away worth a small fortune?

The thin line of good vs. bad plastic surgery

The thin line of good vs. bad plastic surgery

How many voters really care about Jeffrey Epstein?

How many voters really care about Jeffrey Epstein?

Dallas laps New York City in the housing race — fueling the Texas boom

Dallas laps New York City in the housing race — fueling the Texas boom

Martin Freeman's bitter legal row as he claims screaming children are ruining life at his £5million home: RICHARD EDEN'S DIARY

Martin Freeman's bitter legal row as he claims screaming children are ruining life at his £5million home: RICHARD EDEN'S DIARY

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Migrants are welcome - but not British schoolgirls in Union Jack frocks!

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Migrants are welcome - but not British schoolgirls in Union Jack frocks!

TOM UTLEY: The old lie that private schools are stuffed with posh, rich kids may turn into reality when Labour's VAT raid drives away strivers like the Utleys

TOM UTLEY: The old lie that private schools are stuffed with posh, rich kids may turn into reality when Labour's VAT raid drives away strivers like the Utleys

QUENTIN LETTS: This timid, blinky burbler's eyes darted around. She would make a terrible shoplifter

QUENTIN LETTS: This timid, blinky burbler's eyes darted around. She would make a terrible shoplifter

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Great Fire of London With Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman on CH5: How the Great Fire almost turned Pepys's £1k Parmesan into fondue

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Great Fire of London With Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman on CH5: How the Great Fire almost turned Pepys's £1k Parmesan into fondue

NY’s failed criminal-justice reforms have just claimed two more victims — when will the madness end?

NY’s failed criminal-justice reforms have just claimed two more victims — when will the madness end?

Shane Gillis’ hilarious ESPYs set was a litmus test for our uptight culture

Shane Gillis’ hilarious ESPYs set was a litmus test for our uptight culture

Douglas Murray: A 50-day deadline is 50 days to kill. Force Putin’s hand now

Douglas Murray: A 50-day deadline is 50 days to kill. Force Putin’s hand now

Zohran Mamdani is giving NYC businesses fair notice: He’s coming after them

Zohran Mamdani is giving NYC businesses fair notice: He’s coming after them

Trump’s 50-day Russian sanctions pause will cost more lives — and achieve nothing

Trump’s 50-day Russian sanctions pause will cost more lives — and achieve nothing

How Trump can mold the new Middle East in his own deal-making image

How Trump can mold the new Middle East in his own deal-making image

This week in whoppers: Newsom’s profanity-filled Trump complaint, Hunter’s election delusion and more

This week in whoppers: Newsom’s profanity-filled Trump complaint, Hunter’s election delusion and more

Pathetic media pretends the autopen was the scandal — not Biden’s brain

Pathetic media pretends the autopen was the scandal — not Biden’s brain

Trump’s pressure plan for Putin: Letters to the Editor — July 18, 2025

Trump’s pressure plan for Putin: Letters to the Editor — July 18, 2025

Europe is committing economic suicide with climate change cult

Europe is committing economic suicide with climate change cult

Letters to the Editor: A path outside of college shouldn't only be presented at less affluent schools

Letters to the Editor: A path outside of college shouldn't only be presented at less affluent schools

Letters to the Editor: Want to bolster DLTA? Make it easier for everyone else to get there

Letters to the Editor: Want to bolster DLTA? Make it easier for everyone else to get there

Copycat Harry is at it again... how many times is he going to pull the Mum card? William must be thrilled watching him pretend to be Diana: JAN MOIR

Copycat Harry is at it again... how many times is he going to pull the Mum card? William must be thrilled watching him pretend to be Diana: JAN MOIR

BRYONY GORDON: We must stop falling for Instagram and the influencers with their fake lives. It will make you feel nothing but despair

BRYONY GORDON: We must stop falling for Instagram and the influencers with their fake lives. It will make you feel nothing but despair

Letters to the Editor: State leaders must fill the environment void left by the Trump administration

Letters to the Editor: State leaders must fill the environment void left by the Trump administration

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: This Lions team is in for a rude awakening against Australia - and here's why

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: This Lions team is in for a rude awakening against Australia - and here's why