Amanda Hodge
Noel Coward’s public genius
This production of Private Lives amuses as much as it moves its audience
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
A tumultuous decade of ingenious novelties
Did the English Revolution go full circle, replacing one overmighty king with another?
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power