Acting
Silence in the Phoenix
On the transcendent qualities of acting
Should young actors copy Richard Burton?
His remarkable and unpredictable talent would be hard to pull off today
Parable of the talent
Was there ever a more dispiriting line-up of Scrooges than those offered to festive audiences in 2024?
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
Equal opportunities fleecing
This blinkered trade’s endless thwarting of talented homosexuals has gone on too long
Diva and the Dane
The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre delves into the relationship of an acting power couple.
The Great Pretender
When does acting stop and real life begin?
True diversity
Acting ability should matter more than “lived experience”
Kenneth Tynan: a riposte to Equity
Robin Ashenden says the critic would have declared war on an ill-judged edict
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform