Gossip
Our Man about Town
On the merits of celebrity authors and literary book prizes
“We did everything we could”
This book offers an insider’s account of the extraordinary (in)decision-making among Johnson’s team during the most tumultuous year in modern history
Concern grows over Hugh Bonneville
And Piers Brosnan’s Irish accent leaves something to be desired
“Community”
Am I really part of the EasyJet community?
Fact or Fiction: an introductory guide
As the misrepresentations in The Crown call for historical dramas to be clearer in their creative license, Romeo Coates offers a brieg guide to fact and fiction in drama
Lights, camera, chaos
Our board-treading gossip columnist grapples with actors on Zoom
Would the Bard be forced to rebrand himself “gender-fluid”?
Romeo Coates on the latest backstage gossip
Old Romeo’s Almanac
Our theater gossip columnist spills the beans on his fellow actors and gives us some predictions for the new year
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
