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
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
Why should young people join the Army?
It should hardly be surprising that recruitment and retention are too low
The case for more royals
This is no time for a slimmed-down monarchy
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
