Judah Friedlander Live!
In his perversity, absurdity, and bleakness, Friedlander taps the mood of American politics now
Starring Chelsea Peretti as Herself
The moments of interruption in Peretti’s stand-up reveal the constructedness of what we are watching
Trusting Dave Chappelle
The comedian’s 8:46 show is a stand-up special with few jokes
Streaming Daniel Kitson
The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church explores the possibility of human connection
Slaying gay culture
How trans activists took over the once worthy gay rights struggle
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Reclaiming freedom in the arts
Great art that speaks of today cannot be made in a climate of fear
Lock her up
And, simultaneously, let him go
Podcasting while Britain burns
OK, OK, it’s all very deplorable, but Britain’s right wing bloggers still have to make a living
Itchen for fishing
Good fishing, books and beer remind us that not everything is awful
Postmodern fantasy
Modern fantasy authors often try to subvert traditional religion, with bleak and unoriginal results
Graham Topman: festival organiser
Roll up, roll up, it’s time for another festival of arts, ideas and Graham (mostly Graham)
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country
Portraits in cowardice
Conservative MPs need to rediscover their spines if they want to be effective
Bloody opposition
The Tories have left Britain in the hands of managers, judges and technocrats
