Fantasy
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Tolkien, 50 years on
The true scale of his legacy is gradually becoming apparent
Head boy and head-scratchers
Come autumn, competing literary establishments parade their best
Reinvention and rediscoveries
An actress turned author, a Kafkaesque fantasy and a 1960s re-release stir the imagination
The unstoppable rise of geek culture
The cult of Elon Musk reveals some horrible truths about our non-virtual world
Britain must embrace the 40k mindset
Forget goblin mode, say goodbye to global Britain, and embrace your inner Ork
What would Terry Pratchett have made of 2020?
Hard graft and moral clarity were central to the Discworld author’s success
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
Lily Phillips and the importance of feeling
We must remain sensitive to unspoken pain
Dance with the devil
Should a museum be a venue for the display of works of art for sale?
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
Why Twitter needs the libs
Strange as it sounds, we will miss them if they go
Is university still worth it?
Rising fees raise questions about the value of some degrees
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
