Culture
Breathtaking… and empty
The formidably long run-time of Dune leaves viewers with little world-building and a lack of colour
Overarching view of the air war
These two volumes are a solid starting point for understanding the British and Commonwealth air war
Dilyn goes to Glasgow COP26
The Critic Narrated: Episode Three, with Robert Hutton, Josephine Bartosch and Robert Thicknesse
Juke it out
It’s Wes Anderson vs Edgar Wright in the battle for the coolest ever soundtrack
History, fans, noise and passion
Football fans know a Proper Club when they see one
Clubbing after Covid
The meek may inherit the Earth, but not yet
It’s time to resurrect forgiveness
The Critic Narrated: Episode Two, with Revd. Marcus Walker, Hannah Betts and Patrick Galbraith
Back from the dead
The UK has a rich comics tradition often obscured by the cultural dominance of Marvel and DC
The other Elizabeth Taylor
Discover “one of the finest novelists of her and our time.”
Play it again, Sam
Nostalgia has long been the key to pop’s survival
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
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