BFI
’Verse averse
The idea that there are multiple universes and that it might be possible to “‘versejump” is surely one way of explaining the cinematic urge
Dutch courage
Christopher Silvester on a war movie with no rousing patriotic music or violence, but nevertheless filled with unexpected delights and discoveries
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Academia must not dissolve scholarship into politics
Scholarly rigour must be put above ideological virtue signalling
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power