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
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
The student politics of Clive Lewis
All he sees are good guys and bad guys
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
War returns to Kursk
Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?
The mixed legacy of #MeToo
There is a difference between confronting male behaviour and recreational man-hating
