Documentary
Can we reduce the manosphere to mental health?
Louis Theroux’s attempt to find the trauma that motivates androcratic influencers is unconvincing
The Adam Curtis Magazine Experience
Unleash the hidden power of the sketch
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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think