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
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
A Soviet revelation
David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition (58CDs, 3DVDs)
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
