The Long Hours: remembering David Oluwale
How one man’s English journey, begun in hope, turned into a nightmare
Before the Beautiful Game
Kester Aspden reflects on his football memories growing up supporting York City and Burnley FC
Havana heartbeat
How a stiff, gangly, middle-aged Englishman fell for the seductive rhythms of Cuba
We didn’t want to be poor no more
Growing up in the Eighties was a story of aspiration — and anxiety
Why can Hollywood never get the King Arthur story right?
Like natural disasters, adaptations of the Arthurian legend seem to arrive about once a decade and leave devastation in their wake
Books you might have missed
Jeremy Black recommends three history books that have been neglected by literary reviewers
Sinclair Hood: The archaeologist who bucked orthodoxy
The former director of the British School at Athens, who died last month at the age of 103, had a productivity in his old age that was both rare and admirable
The lockdown boom in an empty room
Auction houses have enjoyed a stellar pandemic, but could their online success prove a curse?
Ban Trans myths by writing ‘FACT’
Prevent the rise of fascism by letting the state arrest people for what they think
Going the way of all the earth
Our inability to do justice to the death of Prince Philip
Martin Scorsese vs Marvel: a tale of two different cinematic perspectives
At a time when studios are afraid of investing substantial amounts of money in films without a guaranteed audience, it’s time to ditch the snobbery towards popular films
Is it time to get our thinking caps on?
Rev Steve Morris explains how we can repurpose the smoking cap away from the dandies and back to functional wear
Poor white men and Labour’s identity trap
Survey data backs the Commission for Race and Ethnic Disparities’ finding that Britain is a successful multi-racial society
Dear and hateful
Christopher Silvester shows how Konchalovsky has one of the strangest careers in world cinema