Actors
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Going viral
From tumbles off the stage to the anxieties of age
Perfect for the part
Oompa Loompas and a newfound enthusiasm for association football
Coles to Newcastle
Showbiz vicars, lefty luvvies and a brush with death
Counterfeit Cleese
Coates on Cleese, Collins and Cole
Infra digs
Near death experiences, rising stars and cut-throat dopplegangers
Soon to be pulped non-fiction
Quentin Tarantino’s new book is a disappointment
Cross questioning
The travails of ageing actors
Royal blush
Boycotting the Crown and handbags at dusk
Phantom on the Piccadilly Line
See it, say it, haunted
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Fair pay is a fiction
Public sector workers are chasing a fantasy
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
