The Critics
Boats and bombs
A Netflix winner, a Netflix disappointment and a classic American hero on Amazon Prime
Passion and percussion
Two tastes of Chinese culture in London
Lost in the Moral Maze
What is kindness, and is it the highest of virtues?
The man who saved Italy’s art
The man, the schemes and the burglar-alarmed fortress that kept Italy’s artistic legacy away from German acquisition
Family troubles
Frecknall’s Streetcar is a commendable, if not stellar outing
A college in tune with the times
How music colleges need to adjust to the twenty-first century
Romcom revival
Making romcoms modern: plausible obstacles to happiness and a broadening of vision
Animation grows up
Jibaro is an artistic triumph
It’s not for kids
Children are always unwelcome in Opera, except in The Magic Flute
Dem bones, dem sky-high bones
Dinosaur skeletons have stalked their way out of the museum world and into that of well-heeled collectors
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors