Zut alors! Ten Per Cent is no Call My Agent
The remake of the French original is rather merde
We have forgotten the titans of British cinema
It has fallen to Scorsese to rescue the reputation of Powell and Pressburger
Amis at 100: a master satirist without honour
It’s time to appreciate Kingsley Amis — flaws and all
Who should run the RSC next?
Someone has to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
The Queen’s Jubilee Book List: why did they bother?
The choices show a lack of levity, imagination and courage
Should we take Kingsley Amis more seriously as a poet?
The acclaimed novelist harboured dreams of writing verse
How to become a cult writer
What does it take for an author to become idolised way beyond their literary merit?
Do we really need so many stage adaptations of novels?
There’s much that can go wrong when the drama of a book is transferred to the stage
Did Mary Whitehouse have a point?
The moral campaigner is having another moment in the spotlight
On the chopping block
Philip Pullman’s early resignation signals a setback for free speech in publishing
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Cometh the hour, cometh the dealmaker
Trump’s ego might be just what the world needs
Heroes, villains and lessons in life
Intellectual history, sneered at in Oxford 40 years ago, is all the rage there now
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
