Film Review
Red pill, blue pill
Is The Matrix best judged as cinema or cultural phenomenon?
Victim at sixty
How much has really changed in the film industry since the Dirk Bogarde film “came out”?
Do mention the war
The Deer Hunter remains the most affecting of Vietnam movies, Christopher Silvester writes
Greater Polish representation with subverted expectations
Ben Sixsmith reviews My Friend the Polish Girl
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans