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’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
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Israel’s forever war
Netanyahu risks dragging his country and his allies into an open-ended regional conflict
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
The UK’s war on free speech
Street violence is being met with restrictions on online speech by a Labour government desperate to clamp down on opinion