BBC
The courage of Kate Winslet
One cannot imagine how profound Ms Winslet’s pain must be to now regret working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski
Are fictional politicians as interesting as the real thing?
Sir David Hare’s new BBC drama feels small-scale when we are surrounded by far more impressive real-life spectacles
Batting for Biden: the BBC and the US election
The BBC has been wholly partisan in its coverage of Donald Trump ever since he was elected
The BBC is a liar. But is it noble?
Robin Aitken’s analysis is idiosyncratic but rings true
Malcolm Arnold: The Dancing Master (Resonus)
The BBC thought Malcolm Arnold’s opera was not serious enough and a bit bawdy
Channel 4 turn off IT Crowd
Laurence Fox’s woke intervention, Glasgow football honour US liberal and Essex spray a Muslim with champagne
Wokeminster
Tories reject unconscious bias training, BBC show critical race lecture, and Colston falls (again)
The silence of the arts
Why have the arts not strained at the bonds laid upon them in the way earthier pursuits and pleasures have?
Giving straight white men all the best jobs isn’t always good news
Why should we expect BBC lifer Tim Davie to end BBC bias or high pay?
A trauma that never ends
Adam LeBor commends the BBC’s latest documentary on the Iraq war
Bob Lord: butcher and visionary
Bob Lord, the chairman of Burnley FC from 1955 to 1981, had a shrewd view of how the world worked and where it was heading
Letter from Washington: Biden’s biggest problem
Immigration is a fraught issue for the president
Ethiopia teeters as UK government is preoccupied by Covid-19
Developing countries that the UK assists are being sidelined as the UK government’s attention is seized by Covid-19 and domestic troubles
Has China initiated a Cold War against Britain and the United States?
Sir Iain Duncan Smith gives his assessment to Graham Stewart
A rascal – but leave it at that
We need to mind our language when describing those with whom we disagree
Moping about Muppets: Another humiliation for Disney
The Muppet Show’s widened appeal has become Disney’s Achilles’ heel as the puppet show becomes the latest victim of cancel culture
Nature’s design
Gardens start with a pencil and paper says Hephzibah Anderson
Take a leaf out of sport’s book
Music has lost its unpredictability, its thrilling fear while sport’s passion shines, says Norman Lebrecht
The New Keynesian inflation experiment
A post-pandemic surge in US asset prices has settled an old economics argument: boosting the money supply does lead to higher prices
A touchline view of the Battle of Danny Boy
An apparent uptick in public interest about the British Army in Iraq includes a dramatic rendition of the Battle of Danny Boy and its aftermath