Mining the past
There is a deep appetite among Britain’s television audience for dramas that tackle complicated social issues
Spook and crook
Research and authenticity are at the centre of these two series
Class viewing
The contrast between the lives of the boxers in “Fight School” and those portrayed in “Anatomy of A Scandal” could not be sharper
Passed-by spies
Spy show depicts the insecurity service
Dress rehearsal
A 2015 comedy starring Volodymyr Zelensky is now showing on Channel 4
Turkish delight
Sir Simon Milton is one of the men who destroyed London
Johnson’s better angel takes flight
Munira Mirza was the Prime Minister’s indispensable foil
Grim up north
Two new Nordic dramas reveal a darker side to Scandi paradise
Forgotten films
Streaming services contain a wealth of overlooked foreign-language war stories
Final frontiers
Adam LeBor on two TV series that are set in border regions, that feature engaging female characters and that are beautifully filmed
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
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
Morals before wealth
250 years after Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, an earlier work remains the key to understanding it.
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
Murders for March
Stirring dull roots with spring blood
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment