Films
All mouth, no trousers?
Kenneth Branagh does seem to like taking his clothes off
Women directors screened out
Christopher Silvester on Mark Cousins’s latest documentary
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Taking the liberal mask off prohibition
The case for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is morally and economically unsound
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party