Mark Le Fanu
Mark Le Fanu teaches world cinema at UCL. His most recent book is Believing n Film: Christianity and Classic European Cinema (I.B. Tauris)
Art in Paris under Covid
Mark Le Fanu goes to the Musée Nissim de Camondo, the Marmottan, and the Musée Antoine Bourdelle
The literal gaze of James Tissot
An exhibition of the work of the 19th century painter James Tissot has opened in Paris
An adult view of monarchy
The artistic achievement of ‘The Crown’ has been undervalued
Drill music’s token freedoms
Defences of free expression have become hopelessly unprincipled
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Why the election was good for Unionism
A diversity of voices will help rather than hinder the cause
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
The British family is nuclear powered
Sorry, post-liberals, but in Britain communitarianism is not traditional
Revive the roots
To save the Conservative Party, its chairman must return powers to the local associations
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain