Alex Garland
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
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
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history