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?
Keystones of Britain’s history
Far too many young people are woefully ignorant of the splendour and meaning of our rich ecclesiastical architecture
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Murders for March
Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
Escaping Plato’s goon cave
Vision Pro illuminates the telos of modernity and the narrowing of human experience
