Cleopatra
Missing a slam dunk
Cleopatra is not a terrible movie, but this failed Hollywood history is
Free speech freeze-up
Reactions in Britain to the attempted suppression of NatCon suggest a bleak future for freedom of speech and thought
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Britain’s oldest purpose-built synagogue faces a new, more insidious threat
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Wearing shades
We plebs aren’t supposed to buy designer-influenced fast fashion anymore
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
Queen of Hearts
Perturbed to find Diana has a starring role in Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted
Crisis, what crisis?
The Spring Budget was a shameless manifesto of complacency and managed decline
In defence of GB News
Demands for the channel to be silenced amount to snobbery and opportunism
