Goodfellas at 30
‘As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster’.
Is artistic nepotism an evil – or a necessity?
Nepotism in the arts is very much alive and here to stay
Happy birthday to Hugh
Hugh Grant’s acting career has experienced a well-earned renaissance in recent years
Is there such a thing as right-wing comedy?
The issue of political balance in comedy is no laughing matter
Super Thursday
The busiest day of the publishing calendar offers hope for some, but ruin for many
Last Night of the Proms – a storm in a teacup?
BBC Proms row has developed into an unexpectedly successful publicity stunt
Is this the end for the National Trust?
Proposed money-generating changes could be the demise of a national treasure
Dining out, dying out
Alexander Larman on William Sitwell’s luxurious history of eating out
The celebrification of children’s literature
Children’s book publishing needs to take a step away from celebrities
Gordon’s (Still) Alive: Flash Gordon at 40
Remembering the cult-classic science-fiction romp
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Can we save our parish churches?
It will take cultural as well as institutional change
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
