DC
We don’t need another (super)hero
The shrinking world of the superhero franchise film.
The Grand Migrant Hotel Rwanda
All are welcome at Kagame’s eccentric migrant hostelry, and don’t worry about the roving deathsquads: they’re harmless
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
Jane Austen versus virtue signalling
What Mansfield Park can tell us about contemporary politics
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Equal opportunities fleecing
This blinkered trade’s endless thwarting of talented homosexuals has gone on too long
Violent delights
It’s 30 years since Pulp Fiction hit cinemas, and what a time it was to be young
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer