Egotist ergo sum
Just stage Cyrano with a great actor breaking wind in a corner, and we’ll all be happy
Cancelling Terry Gilliam (again)
Gilliam is now 80, and seems as cheerily intent on causing trouble and controversy as ever
Grubbing a living
These two books show that it has always been the preserve of the unscrupulous to peddle their wares to the gullible and salacious
Female strength on film
Is Sir Ridley Scott a surprising feminist?
Sally Rooney and cultural boycotts
Rooney has now run into greater controversy than simple literary taste
Goodnight, Mr Bond
It’s time to let the man who saved the world, and the cinema, rest in peace.
In the shadows of giants
Why are so many still enthralled by even the most grotesque Victoriana?
Now then, now then
Should there be a new drama about Jimmy Savile?
“The new Liberace” strikes again
Nigel Kennedy’s latest principled stand against “Jurassic“ FM and the forces of musical conservatism
Is Nadine Dorries the best we have?
Love or loathe her, she’s never pretended to be anything other than a populist
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
The return of non-crime hate incidents
Labour are attacking free speech through the back door
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
