Carey Mulligan
What does the Carey Mulligan controversy tell us about film criticism today?
How one misinterpreted film review may have set a dangerous precedent
Hollywood whinge-fests undermine contemporary feminism
Hollywood is often a slimy, cynical business, but weaponizing feminism against a critic you don’t like is a new low
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President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Reform has the real “Shadow Cabinet”
Establishment gatekeeping is as futile as it is absurd
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Exile and exaltation
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Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
A show to make you afraid of the dark
Opera is the repository of everything crass and depraved in what is laughingly called European “civilisation”
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Two cafes, both alike …
Our correspondent investigates the north London front of the Israel-Palestine conflict
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks