Documentary
These children did not matter
A fine film exposes grooming gangs and their enablement
Take the Bizkit
How Woodstock ’99 foreshadowed the MAGA masses of 2016
Mansplaining womanhood
What is a woman? What are they for? Do they have souls? Men may never know, as that might involve asking a woman her opinion
9/11 confidential
This 9/11 documentary gained extraordinary access to the key decision makers, deploying the material with skill and confidence
Star of the sty
Christopher Silvester on a documentary with a solely animalistic cast
Editors deserve more credit
Christopher Silvester on the essential, and undervalued, part editors play in film and documentary creation
A trauma that never ends
Adam LeBor commends the BBC’s latest documentary on the Iraq war
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
Well, well, well
The amazing discovery of a thousand Orvieto pots in a water shaft
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
Vibe supremacy
The right has a coolness problem, and Ben Shapiro rapping is not going to help
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
