Can the monarchy last?
Prince Andrew’s televisual hara-kiri has imperilled the Crown, perhaps fatally
In memoriam Ennio Morricone: the man who defined film scoring
Alexander Larman remembers one of the most prolific composers in Hollywood
Can the arts world learn to love the Tories?
As the Government injects 1.57bn into arts and culture, Alexander Larman considers the reactions from those in the industry
In praise of the Great British pub
Let us sip, slurp and quaff this weekend, and do our bit to keep the pub trade going
Age cannot wither them: has the casting of Ian McKellen as Hamlet gone too far?
Does age-blind casting work when adapting Shakespeare?
Brideshead Revisited at 75
In its combination of glacial beauty and lovelorn desperation, Brideshead Revisited speaks to all readers, Alexander Larman writes
Art Attack
Does culture have a future in the post-lockdown world?
Should we listen to writers about their own work?
As Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads is set to air this evening, Alexander Larman ponders the relationship between a living writer and their works
Sebastian Horsley: equal parts Byronic dandy, Dickensian grotesque and Wildean poseur
Alexander Larman remembers his time with the decadent author, Sebastian Horsley, 10 years after his death
JK Rowling and the Wardens of Woke
The younger Harry Potter stars made their disagreement abundantly clear with the woman who made them
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Christmas? My arse!
Seething about Santa, sofagate and the Common effing Entrance
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Let’s diversify the curriculum
If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional
