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
Not another one!
How might the run-up to the next general election look?
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
History will judge us on gender
How can the modern world tolerate such absurdity?
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act