Emma Thompson
Romcom revival
Making romcoms modern: plausible obstacles to happiness and a broadening of vision
Romeo’s 2020 Lockdown Awards
How have the great and the good delivered in recent months?
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
The spectre of dissent
Authoritarian impulses have taken root in the British state, as Keir Starmer continues to crack down on speech online
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
