In Praise of
The Pan Book of Horror Stories: top-drawer gore
Their lurid covers were catnip to bloodthirsty, impressionable teenagers
Michael Powell: an auteur who loved to work with others
In our age of the Saw torture-porn franchise, Peeping Tom still has the capacity to disturb
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The dating system invented by Tiny Dennis
Film novelisations
On the ladder of literature, film novelisation was once considered above only pornography
MOR
Te sell-outs who always sell out
Simon Gray: seriously funny artist of angst
An author of seriously funny plays
Hipsters: eco-friendly heirs to William Morris
Middle class millennials in search of the good life
Stanley Baldwin, unfairly vilified pragmatist
A leader of great personal qualities
Carry Ons: Phwoar! What a lovely set of hits
Grim, funny glimpses of a Britain in decline
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
Farewell, knights errant of the road
Once one of London’s most distinctive tribes, cycle messengers are a dying breed
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Keir-y-e-Liason
Rob tries to stay awake at the Liazzzzzzon committee
Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
How many will talk themselves into asking for a parent’s early death if money is involved?
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
