Beirut
The melting pot that boiled over
Beirut was once a playground for the rich and famous, but now seemingly destined for decline
Haunting Ghosts
Two timely dramatisations of espionage in the Middle East
Shellshocked: Lebanon’s revolution falters again
Lebanon protests are futile as opposition lacks a coherent strategy
Out With a Bang
It’s the end of the road for Lebanon
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
