On Television
Pure gold among the C4 dross
Adam LeBor strikes television gold
She’s not the messiah…
Watching Greta Thunberg and the hysterical devotion she arouses, I am reminded of Judaism’s best-known self-styled redeemer
Manners maketh answers
Rudeness does not make for good television
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh