Long-form television it is, then
The home of mid-budgeted literate films aimed at adults is no longer at the cinema
Sean Lock – the comedian’s comedian
Lock, who has died at the age of 58, was a popular figure on the UK comedy circuit — not bad for someone who described himself as “a miserable, authoritarian guy”
The Passion of Ken Loach
Expelled from the Labour party, Loach can once again present himself as a rebel
Bored of the Rings
Is it time for the Tolkien industry to give it a rest?
The Day of the Jackal: fifty years on
Alexander Larman remembers one of the most exciting, page-turning novels ever written
Boris Bunter
Is our Prime Minister the Fat Owl of the Government?
Stage frights
Do pop stars have what it takes to succeed in the theatre?
Classic mistake
Is Latin a dead language?
The undiscovered country
Ian McKellen’s Hamlet meets impossibly high expectations
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at 30
Is this 1991 blockbuster an underrated masterpiece or kitsch nonsense?
EU, mind your own business!
If the EU is genuinely fearing for a “backdoor” into its single market, it should mind its own shaky external border protection
Randall Goosby: Roots (Decca)
Goosby has all the technique anyone could need — but he still has a lot to learn about taste and selection
Crake and ales
Patrick Galbraith hears a rare bird but fails with the rod
Fighting for the new world order
How Britain’s armed forces adapted to new challenges following the end of the Cold War
Remembering Norm Macdonald
Like Peter Cook, he made being funny seem as natural as yawning
Fifth Column
Goldsmiths University wants to topple the men who saved England
Gone to the dogs
A once iconic sport is in retreat across the Western World
Full of Eastern promise
Out with the old, in with the new: Michael Prodger on art collection trends
Feminist fallacies: Women need to calm down
Feminists will only “chill out” when male violence and harassment is eradicated
Trapped in a gilded cage
Women’s rights are far more precarious than we have been led to believe