Comedy
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
He’ll never let the old flag fall
Lee Anderson will never stand for insult, especially the insult of never being invited round for dinner
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
Boremageddon
Ricky Gervais’s tiresome adolescent offencemongering sent me to sleep
Clerical error
Clergy should be in the business of saving souls, not stamping passports
TransForming London
You deserve to be inclusioned in London’s progressive future
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
The EU’s war on Hungary
As news breaks of secret EU plans to cripple the Hungarian economy, who can still believe it respects national sovereignty?
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
