Awards
What do the BAFTAs really stand for?
The awards used to be entertainingly eccentric
Oscars so woke?
Predictability and cyclical trends at the 92nd Academy Awards
The curious incident of the dog and the tribunal
A welcome win for sanity on gender, freedom and the workplace
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
Israel’s forever war
Netanyahu risks dragging his country and his allies into an open-ended regional conflict
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Snapshot of the PM who killed his party
History is a wonderful guide to political practice in the present, just so long as nothing is different