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
A pair of Czech masterpieces
Two new Czech masterpieces
Send the tools to finish the job
It is imperative that the West once again becomes “the great arsenal of democracy”
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
Sheikh up the Telegraph
We are fortunate that the UAE still wishes to invest in so unstable a country
Why Britain needs Popular Conservatism
The Conservative Party has not fulfilled the promise of Brexit or overcome the legacy of Blair
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
