Oscars so woke?
Predictability and cyclical trends at the 92nd Academy Awards
Kirk Douglas and cancel culture
Do we believe all stories as true, or presume innocence until proven guilty?
Criticising the critic
Criticism is a valuable art but it should never end up as a tool for bullying
Riotous tale of a vivid life, superbly lived
Alexander Larman reviews Lady in Waiting: My extraordinary life in the shadow of the crown, by Anne Glenconner
The politics of the Pet Shop Boys
How the electronic dance duo made more than a minimal contribution to music
Don’t mention the war, or Alf Garnett
The ‘offensive’ TV landmarks censored from Britain’s answer to Netflix
David Copperfield and the politics of diversity
Diverse casting of period adaptations is a risk worth taking
Wallis and Meghan – a tale of two abdications
There is a strong historical precedent for the ‘conscious uncoupling’ of the Sussexes
The worst hangovers in culture
Rest assured that these types had it considerably worse than you, says Alexander Larman
Thespians in the woods
Alexander Larman explains how pantomime went upmarket
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Rising above the mob
Questioning is kryptonite to the genderist cause
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
We can’t even give them away
Let’s not pretend we have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
Eventful afterlife of a visionary genius
Unexpected bit players in Friedrich’s story set this endeavour apart from your average art biography
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
