David Lean
David Lean
the cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Sweeter the second time around
There’s a real weight to some lyrics once you’re nearer the end than the beginning
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators