Frank Capra
Is it still a wonderful life?
The values Frank Capra celebrated seem to be fading in our times
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
Men deserve single-sex spaces too
The campaign against the Garrick Club is tiresome and opportunistic
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
Flawed paean to a heartless auteur
A lack of empathy goes to the hollowness at the heart of so many Kubrick movies
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
