Them there genes
Baroness Lawrence’s report downplays the importance of genetic factors that predispose BAME communities to Covid-19 vulnerability
Reflections of a scientific humanist
Michael Shermer’s new book is a collection of skilful elucidations of academic ideas
Editors deserve more credit
Christopher Silvester on the essential, and undervalued, part editors play in film and documentary creation
Which gender are you: Neutrois or Two-Spirit?
A brief guide to the British Film Institute’s 22 genders
Women directors screened out
Christopher Silvester on Mark Cousins’s latest documentary
Turning the tide on cancel culture
One man’s crusade against the woke decolonisation of our patriotic anthems
Do mention the war
The Deer Hunter remains the most affecting of Vietnam movies, Christopher Silvester writes
Enemy of orthodoxy
Christopher Silvester reviews Groupthink: A Study in Self-Delusion, By Christopher Booker
The mobster and the Method
Al Capone’s relationship with the movies goes back a long way, writes Christopher Silvester
Lockdown Cinema
Staying frosty in plague times
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
Don’t let it go
Communal singing is good for the soul
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
How the right went wrong
An ill-fated leadership campaign
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
