Gerald Barry
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrage The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be