British Film
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Michael Powell: an auteur who loved to work with others
In our age of the Saw torture-porn franchise, Peeping Tom still has the capacity to disturb
Merchants of the Venice Biennale
For all its pretentiousness, the Venice Biennale still hints towards higher truths
This isn’t about me
Who? Me? A future Conservative Party leader? Well, if you say so…
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
Big town life
Force for progress, loyalist fortress, or den of iniquity — the English town has been all of these, and more
Did QE cost taxpayers?
Claims that the Bank of England’s programme cost billions are a red herring
Remember the Armenians
The West has turned its back on the world’s oldest Christian state
Ireland’s surrogacy scandal
The Irish inferiority complex grasps at any first — no matter how low
In defence of the right to addictions
Paternalists should stop masquerading as defenders of liberty
Would you trust PC Brother?
The use of unreliable facial recognition technology is growing without sufficient scrutiny or accountability