Sam Leith

Sam Leith is the literary editor of The Spectator, a columnist for the Evening Standard and author of You Talkin’ to Me?

Robert Macfarlane’s new book asks ‘Should nature have legal rights?’

The British nature writer explores the idea that natural entities deserve legal standing in 'Is a River Alive?'

July 8, 2025

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If the print media industry is to survive, we need more crazy billionaires to own and operate newspapers and…

April 4, 2024

Parents, rejoice! It's time to bring back the benevolent strangers of children's literature

December 21, 2023

Ordinarily, academics and HNWs don’t see eye to eye. The ransomware attack on the British Library might change that

December 8, 2023

Alberobello's Unesco protected trulli were influenced by some medieval creative accounting

September 13, 2023

Being rich makes TV characters easy targets, argues Sam Leith. But why do the wealthy remain fair game?

May 17, 2023

Does sci-fi thriller Severance depict a corporate dystopia? It’s a matter of perspective, says Sam Leith ‘Why should I…

September 5, 2022

The era of Netflix and online gaming has breathed new life into the works of some long-dead authors –…

May 7, 2022

The past and the future are often interwoven more than one thinks, writes Sam Leith. So is it possible…

December 9, 2021