Posts by Adam Boulton
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Ignore the complaints. Roth was a literary giant
In his novels Philip Roth was capable of creating savagely comic scenes, often around sexual encounters, or non-encounters as practised..
By Adam Boulton
Friday, 11 May 2018
Diary: Powell, Farage, and the power of the written word
Kitty Fisher was an eighteenth-century prostitute who, as children of all ages may remember, found Lucy Locket’s pocket. She now..
By Adam Boulton
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Fired Rex Tillerson won't be missed
American diplomats will only mourn the departure of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State for fear of his replacement being..
By Adam Boulton
Friday, 21 July 2017
Westminster 2016/2017: The Verdict
If MP’s aren’t staggering off into the Summer Recess in a state of shock, they should be. In..
By Adam Boulton
Saturday, 18 February 2017
My favourite book: Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
These days we binge on TV box sets. When I was a teenager I binge-read the classics, using the excuse..
By Adam Boulton