On Television
Passed-by spies
Spy show depicts the insecurity service
Dress rehearsal
A 2015 comedy starring Volodymyr Zelensky is now showing on Channel 4
Turkish delight
Sir Simon Milton is one of the men who destroyed London
Grim up north
Two new Nordic dramas reveal a darker side to Scandi paradise
Forgotten films
Streaming services contain a wealth of overlooked foreign-language war stories
Final frontiers
Adam LeBor on two TV series that are set in border regions, that feature engaging female characters and that are beautifully filmed
9/11 confidential
This 9/11 documentary gained extraordinary access to the key decision makers, deploying the material with skill and confidence
Press Gang
Croatia’s war runs like a dark thread through the excellent series ‘The Paper’
A widow’s might
The Widow is intelligent television that probes the dark side of the international aid industry
Match of the dull
How Match of the Day needs modernising
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
