The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
This drama in Tehran is fictional
The spy drama never flinches from portraying the savagery of the Ayatollahs’ regime
Danish thriller is a real diamond
A House of Dynamite deserves a genre all its own
Do the Slow Horses stay the course?
Hopefully season five will not end in a creative cul-de-sac
Black ops and a white-knuckle ride
Put your scepticism aside and buckle up for TV thrillers
The summer’s best viewing
Four new series to look out for and six old favourites that are still available
When the Nazis occupied Britain
When necessary engagement becomes collaboration is an unspoken question
Groomed: the shaming of a nation
Channel 4’s shocking, enraging and at times nauseating investigation
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Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
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It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Exiles from the Rainbow nation
Race, land and why white South Africans are leaving their homes behind
British foreign policy must serve British interests
It is time to put aside legalistic and moralistic nonsense and focus on what is best for Britain
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Two major revivals of Tom Stoppard’s work
“Fauxcest” is not a free speech issue
The government should ban this dangerous and disgusting genre
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK