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Secret Chef

Chef Bites Back: Jay Rayner

Jay Rayner gets sliced and diced by our anonymous restaurateur.
Apr 19, 2021
Anonymous

Exit, Pursued by a Bear

In the wake of London's post-pandemic reopening, our insider pondered the future of the necrotic British theatre industry.
Apr 13, 2021
The Fence

Shit Literary Siblings

With tales of forgotten literary siblings now in vogue, we are pleased to introduce you to some forgotten and frankly forgettable blood relations of the canon.
Mar 25, 2021
Anonymous

Inside the Producer’s Studio

Factual television is one of the most influential arenas in British culture. But our insider has serious concerns about what is happening behind the camera.
Mar 5, 2021
Fergus Butler-Gallie

At the Altar of Capital

How the Conservative Party lost their religion to the pull of the market.
Jan 12, 2021
Charlie Baker

Monet! Monet! Monet!

Every art gallery is confronted with a question: when does someone’s money become unacceptable?
Dec 23, 2020
The Fence

What the LRB Bought Me

We asked contributors how they spark joy in this diminishing world.
Dec 16, 2020
Richard Smyth

The State of Nature

A classic treatise against men writing about the natural world.
Dec 7, 2020
Ed Cumming

Food Fight

Over the past few years, food media has become a fractious place.
Dec 5, 2020
Joe Kennedy

Herdmindedness

Do good novelists have to write good novels?
Oct 10, 2020

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