Brideshead Revisited, Revisited
Compared to his peers, Evelyn Waugh has not had the range or quality of adaptations that he deserves
The legacy of The Woman in Black
Susan Hill’s story remains one of the most pervasively unsettling tales in the English ghost story tradition
The rise and fall of Johnny Depp
Now that Depp has lost his libel case, it is now widely believed that his career is all but over
Sean Connery: the man beyond Bond
Who was the “real” Sean Connery?
Shrunken heads, shrinking horizons
Alexander Larman talks to the controversial director of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum
Can political biographies ever be any good?
Political memoirs can be essential, eye-popping reading if the subject is handled in the right way
The end of the old school tie
Private education is under threat from Oxbridge quotas and soaring fees, to the detriment of bright scholarship pupils
Tom Stoppard: A private man now on parade
This biography is a testament to detailed analysis and intelligent insight, says Alexander Larman
The death of the DVD commentary
How the rise of streaming platforms has killed home entertainment
Are fictional politicians as interesting as the real thing?
Sir David Hare’s new BBC drama feels small-scale when we are surrounded by far more impressive real-life spectacles
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
Michael Gove’s convenient conversion won’t be enough
Britain’s economic dysfunction runs very deep indeed
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
Well, well, well
The amazing discovery of a thousand Orvieto pots in a water shaft
Pseudoscience exacerbates the burden of disease
Victims of ME deserve better than dopey Dragons and ear seeds
SEEN should be heard
A new group aims to remind the police to act without fear or favour
The scandal of screens
Parents are ill-equipped to fight the power of Big Tech over children’s lives — they desperately need the law to be on their side
Michael Gove’s new definition of “extremism” is extremely silly
We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms
Katharine Birbalsingh is wrong about religion in schools
Education should prepare us for the good life, not just good grades
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
