Culture
The blissful political incorrectness of Soviet comedies
Soviet cinema reveals to the West that life in the USSR was not all grey, unsmiling misery; instead, the Soviets were just like us
Let It Be: Have we passed the golden era of the rock ‘n’ roll memoir?
There is an inexhaustible public appetite for learning about the private lives of our idols, but they don’t make rock stars like they used to
Research and rescue
The Falkland Islands bids farewell to the RSS James Clark Ross and a Marylebone gallery hosts a virtual exhibition of Antarctic photographs
Grand old warrior
Nigel Jones recalls the time he spent in the home of the legendary German writer Ernst Jünger
Nollywood comes of age
Christopher Silvester explains how censorship has suppressed Nigerian films that have won international acclaim
Rainbow nation
Hannah Betts says colour is the new currency of the C-19 crisis
Association Football: A great game gone to rot
The sport is now characterised by the conditioned reflex of dishonesty, the bleating of the wronged
Bohemia, SW3
Barry Turner delves into an illuminating and entertaining insight into Bohemian life in the fast lane
Should sitcoms be resurrected?
If there is to be a Frasier revival, producers should learn from the mistakes of past spin-off shows
A bank, not a study group
Christopher Fildes delves into the latest instalment of the Bank’s long and voluminous history