It’s a Wonderful Life
It’s a Wonderful Life: the perfect Christmas film?
The 1946 classic is a timely reminder that affection and loyalty can surface in the most difficult of circumstances
Why won’t Chris Whitty go away?
He lingers on — a slap-headed Rasputin whispering terrible ideas into the ears of our leaders
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Let’s diversify the curriculum
If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
