Lies, damn lies
Statistics are an essentially alien language that humans did not evolve to recognise or understand
Heavy weights and hurty words
Simon Evans says Andrew Doyle’s book is the toolkit you need to think about at least one side of this debate
Julien Spirtle
Comeback Kid
A life in focus
Director Betrand Tavernier was able to admire both blacklisted directors and those who named names
Line of Duty and the politics of drama
It doesn’t take the minds of AC-12’s finest to see the parallels between our own political climate and the nation’s favourite police drama
No No Nadhim
With a Johnson lockdown easing, terms & conditions apply
Losing the plot
Robert Thicknesse reveals how in searching for meaning, opera adaptations are becoming more obscure
Pointless bloodshed
Israel will remain intact and strong. Gaza will stay poor and isolated
The final toll
Raise a glass and stay briefly silent tonight in remembrance of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
Modernising the Royal Family
David Starkey talks to Graham Stewart about the crown’s delicate balance between reform, revolution, and sustaining a useful role
The questioning of women
Answers are the hardest words to say
Is Boris Johnson just a boy who can’t say ‘No’?
The prime minister always says “come on, let’s go” – jist when he orta say nix!