Films
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
Dune and progressive media illiteracy
Leftist moralism obscures thematic depth in its frantic rush to judge
All action, no abstraction
On the hunks and lunks who dominated two decades of Hollywood
Let children’s stories be children’s stories
We need more respect for the childhood imagination
Liar, crook and Hollywood great
For all Cimino’s flaws, there was still “the vision thing”
Criticising the critics
Ideology has triumphed over art
Sob stories
Real men have grit in their eye
What do the BAFTAs really stand for?
The awards used to be entertainingly eccentric
Belfast boy
Christopher Silvester reviews two semi-autobiographical movies: Oscar-contender Belfast and arthouse The Souvenir
Drop your weapons
Knives Out deserves a reprieve from the dread of bad sequels
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Save us from the menopause mystique
“Menopausal” products make life more rather than less alienating
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
