Comedy
The meaning of laughs
In praise of Douglas Adams, a comedy legend
You can criticise comedy without cancelling it
Ricky Gervais should ask himself who he is satirising and why
From TV to the trans debate (w/ Graham Linehan)
Why truth and honour matter more than a quiet life
Cheers, Frasier
A comedy classic makes a triumphant return
Tough crowd, tough man
What has Graham Linehan learned about television and trangenderism?
From slobs to royalty
How the Royle Family mirrored working class life
Militant humourlessness
A pseudo-history of British comedy leaves one depressed
The sludge of sensitivity
Politics is degrading our cultural classics
Humphries and the humourless
Cancel culture is often midges biting giants
The myth of the Larrikin
Barry Humphries was of a more relaxed time
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Braving the sourdough
La Palombe and a very merry Christmas
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Why has Tehran released Toomaj Salehi?
The regime is said to be split over whether to target high-profile protesters
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
