The BAME killer – why Covid-19 is so serious for ethnic minorities
Is social deprivation the reason, as Sadiq Khan suggests?
Make Woke not Work
Social justice dons are de-skilling the Cambridge English Faculty
Reel hell of the Western Front
The director wanted to show things as they were – badly-led, no one wanting to fight or knowing what they were fighting for, says Christopher Silvester
Polanski Politics
In light of the Césars drama, Christopher Silvester considers crime and censorship in film appreciation
Untrue story of the Kelly Gang
For a folk hero this Ned has zero contact with the ordinary Irish folk who will supposedly come to love him, says Christopher Silvester
The toughest role
The most successful modern actor-director, Clint Eastwood, rejects “the auteur crap”
Right-on cue
As usual, the Academy flagellates itself over insufficient African American Oscar contenders
Longing for more
Some of the greatest movies ever made were incredibly long. But is a film lasting 13 hours just too much?
The gang master
Martin Scorcese’s new Mafia movie is the culmination of a great career
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
It’s time to transition babies
Even in the womb, many foetuses can sense their own trans identity
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
The long and winding road
Join us on our journey down the roads of the 1800s
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
Women in prisons deserve better
Classifying male criminals as women adds insult to injury
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
Pseudoscience exacerbates the burden of disease
Victims of ME deserve better than dopey Dragons and ear seeds
Britain will not be a “Christian country” without Christians
Traditions die if there is no one to cherish them
The Met is watching you
We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance
