Awards Season
Nomadland takes the hat-trick
From digital streaming to diversity, Christopher Silvester rounds up the longest ever awards season
Diversity season again
Chloé Zhao is the first Asian woman likely to be nominated in the Best Director category for Nomadland, says Christopher Silvester
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
The West should stop indulging delusions on Ukraine
Ukraine cannot achieve its maximal goals
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
The war on women’s spaces
Roxanne Tickle’s legal triumph is nothing to giggle at
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
