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
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Spielberg’s ho-hum space chase
Those describing it as a masterpiece cannot have seen Saving Private Ryan or Schindler’s List
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
