Culture
Richard Donner: an underrated director
Suggestions that Donner was a director-for-hire rather than a true auteur are harsh and inaccurate
After the goldrush
Hannah Betts finds a way to live with her pet hate — denim jeans
Quaffing the cup that cheers
Readers should savour this book, as you might one of the delectable bottles that compose the enticing strophe of the book’s narrative
Tragic hero of Drury Lane
This meticulous account gives Frederick Chatterton a deserved and belated spotlight
George Osborne: the British Museum’s highest-profile exhibit?
As the architect of austerity against culture and the arts, is the former Chancellor really the right man for the job?
Chips with everything
There is a way to serve pasta and potatoes — with garlic
The wisdom of the old traditions
The Unbroken Thread is an engaging and entertaining read — but it feels like a project that’s only just beginning
The death of the English literature degree
Thanks to “critical theory”, the study of English literature has become overrun with boring academics who hardly inspire the next generation
Woolf: heart or brain?
Unfettered praise of Virginia Woolf as a “liberated writer” has paved the way for an inexplicably popular type of bad writing
Catholic tastes
Christopher Silvester on films of faith and the canonisation of three children’s divine visions