On Television
Weekends à la mode
Living Architecture is opening minds and changing taste
Taking on ISIS and Eichmann
Covering a French spy thriller, a documentary on Eichmann and a British government drama
Haunting Ghosts
Two timely dramatisations of espionage in the Middle East
Paper trail
Thrillers from Finland to Afghanistan
From slobs to royalty
How the Royle Family mirrored working class life
Summer viewing
Top television recommendations for the summer from Adam LeBor
Diamond geezers in Antwerp
From crime dramas to political thrillers, Adam LeBor reviews television from across the world
TV crime spree
From Washington to Belfast via a conspiracy thriller, Adam LeBor reviews the latest television drama.
Risky liasons
From Syria to Spain
Tokyo story
An American takes on the Yakuza 84
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
Keeping your head may just save your soul
Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
