Richard Smith's non-medical blogs richardswsmith.wordpress.com

A comic novel on the unfunny state of being Jewish in Britain today

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A novel about loneliness written in unique language

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Can grammar hold the world together or has its power been usurped by AI?

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Might “neurodivergent” be the best word (or “diagnosis”) for Janet Frame?

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A visit to the Tracey Emin exhibition at Tate Modern

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A magnificent book that through telling the story of a family who resisted Hitler captures those strange years from the 1920s to the end of the war

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Advice on what to do if you meet the Ancient Mariner on the High Seas

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What to vote now my vote matters?

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A writer’s farewell

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The Anti-Death League: an arid “modern classic” but with good quotes condemning God

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Are we living in a version of the Weimar Republic?

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A memorable day

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THE book to read if you’re interested in power

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‘Life is a comedy, with sad bits.’ This is Happiness by Niall Williams

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Love and death: two poems from Shakespeare’s plays

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A concise statement of our world’s predicament: are we already in a collapse?

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Marvelous writing on love: “love was where everyone was trying to get to”

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How at a fancy dinner I’m twice reminded that we are animals

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A new and weird game for you to play with your partner

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“It’s wanting to know that makes us matter”: one theme of a great play

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