Fauda (TV series)
Grim up north
Two new Nordic dramas reveal a darker side to Scandi paradise
Shakespeare in the West Bank
Adam LeBor has found one of the most immersive, and exhausting, experiences television has to offer
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
