Dear and hateful
Christopher Silvester shows how Konchalovsky has one of the strangest careers in world cinema
Deeply flawed life of Cap’n Bob
Christopher Silvester reveals how this biography of Robert Maxwell is a skilfully constructed page-turner
The Aztec revival in California’s public schools
In an attempt to ‘decolonise the curriculum’, California may vote to promote the celebration of pre-Christian deities who often performed human sacrifice
Nollywood comes of age
Christopher Silvester explains how censorship has suppressed Nigerian films that have won international acclaim
Beware the bill of attainder
Christopher Silvester explains how English history could have an important part to play in Trump’s impeachment
What is MAGA America thinking: eavesdropping on the Deplorables
Contrary to what left-wing commentators might think, Steve Bannon’s podcast is no haven for fascists or white supremacists
The unsung hero of Brexit?
If Boris deserves the credit for getting Brexit done, then Marina Wheeler QC deserves some of the credit for getting Boris to back Brexit in the first place
Diversity season again
Chloé Zhao is the first Asian woman likely to be nominated in the Best Director category for Nomadland, says Christopher Silvester
His own best character
A new Netflix release has been trailed as a masterpiece, with myriad claims to Oscar recognition, says Christopher Silvester
The trial of the Mangrove Nine
Steve McQueen’s dramatisation of the 1970 trial of the Mangrove Nine is a triumph
Letter from Washington: Biden’s classroom conundrum
The president is struggling to make, let alone keep, his school reopening promise
Britain’s strange fascination with serial killers
As crime dramas take over as the nation’s favourite television genre, Nigel Jones asks why we enjoy watching dramatic reenactments of sadistic murders
Love, fame, power: the false allure of the celebrity politician
To truly achieve celebrity status and win a place in the nation’s affections you have to give up your political ambitions – just look at Ed Balls
Iran’s nuclear conspiracy theories
Fantastical elements of the ‘cyberattack’ on Iran do nothing but delay the inevitable: a bomb is still coming — just not quite yet
Remembering James R. Flynn: scholar and free speech advocate
Paul du Quenoy offers an appreciation of the late scholar and free speech advocate James R. Flynn
Murders for late February
From countryside crimes to mysteries on the waves, Jeremy Black recommends further reading from the British Library Crime Classics collection
Front line dictator
What the death of Idriss Deby Itno in battle means for the fight against Islamic terrorism
Et tu, Brute?
I shouldn’t have read through the list of my accusers, but I did
Gaming Holyrood
Will unionists or nationalists succeed in beating the Scottish system?
Why has a smoothie brand publicly cancelled a pensioner?
Innocent Drinks has outed itself as latest brand to join the ranks of the virtue-signalling mob