Cinema
The unorthodox Englishness of Derek Jarman
The filmmaker was too complex to be reduced to a mere iconoclast
A bore film
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is not just ahistorical, it is dull
The cinematic future is bright
“The End” is in sight for communal film-watching, right? Wrong
How cinemas can save themselves
Watching films at the cinema should be a communal experience
Polls at the pics
Films offer windows into the British and American political processes
Dune and progressive media illiteracy
Leftist moralism obscures thematic depth in its frantic rush to judge
A festival for women — and men?
You cannot address the underrepresentation of women by including men
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
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
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
From Newton to newts
Putting badgers on the banknotes may avoid controversy, but it also avoids saying anything meaningful about Britain at all