Matthew Perry was brave to speak about addiction without full recovery
We love a reformed addict story, but admitting to the existence of failure can be a freeing gift to someone who can’t face quitting.
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Megan Nolan
Megan Nolan is a writer of essays, criticism and fiction born in Ireland and based in London. She writes a fortnightly column for the New Statesman.
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Obedience, disobedience and the demands of the Catholic Church
I find the blind faith of religion unthinkable. Then I remember my servility in love.
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The “trauma” of publishing a novel
I once found it risible to hear authors describe the publication process as “traumatising”. Then my first novel came…
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Goodreads is degrading our literary culture
Everyone can, and should, be a critic. But the reviews website is having a sinister effect on books.
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The dark world of anorexia
Hadley Freeman’s Good Girls is ruthless and revealing on her illness but too soft on our culture’s damaging obsession…
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Raymond Briggs’ genius was his understanding of loss
The writer and illustrator has died aged 88. From The Snowman to When the Wind Blows, his work was…
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Like many privileged migrants, I came here because of love
I feel I should be more ashamed of this government than people who grew up in Britain because I…
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The Met is institutionally misogynistic. No “banter” or “bad apple” excuses can hide that
It is laughable to suggest the 19 officers who sent disturbingly sexist and racist messages are not reflective of…
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The hypocrisy of Hollywood liberalism
The Golden Globes saga is just the latest instance of the film industry squandering its moral authority.
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