Alfred Hitchcock
The men with the megaphone
A new history of movie directors is full of insight, felicitous phrases and subtle put-downs
Kirk Douglas and cancel culture
Do we believe all stories as true, or presume innocence until proven guilty?
Letter from Washington: Biden’s Covid bind
How does the President really think the pandemic will end?
Ahistorical rubbish
David Frum is wrong, the Salazar regime’s “biggest project” was a success
Is he bovvered?
Boris can do compassion. When he can be bothered.
A new democratic alliance
The world needs to rekindle its democratic alliances to counter China’s growing techno-authoritarian power
Quackery via cartography
You better believe the earth is flat
EU, mind your own business!
If the EU is genuinely fearing for a “backdoor” into its single market, it should mind its own shaky external border protection
Judge made disunion
The government needs to fix what the courts have done to the Union
Are the far-left about to split off?
A left-wing split could deprive the Labour Party of thousands of campaigners
Mrs May: My part in her downfall
The battle to secure a clean Brexit was won only after Brexiteers secretly obtained a copy of the 1922 Committee rules
Maiming a generation
The medicalisation of gender non-conforming young people is the biggest medical scandal of our time