James Bond
Spilling the beans on the great spymasters
Fantasy is an essential part of what we are pleased to call reality
Rogues’ Gallery
Now that the BBC has a taste for turning its own scandals into prime time ratings, I’ve wasted no time pitching similarly eye-catching ideas
Licence to Chill
Boris’s Bond bombshell fails to detonate
Goodnight, Mr Bond
It’s time to let the man who saved the world, and the cinema, rest in peace.
007’s licence to thrill is renewed
‘No Time to Die’ suggests that Daniel Craig’s James Bond will be a hard act to follow
Double-oh dear
How can Keir Starmer want a female James Bond when he can’t even define what a woman is?
The devils that made me a dandy
Joseph Connolly’s enduring passion for sartorial splendour was driven by a childhood addiction to the glamour of TV
Sean Connery: the man beyond Bond
Who was the “real” Sean Connery?
No Time for Cinema to Die
What does the postponement of the new James Bond film mean for the future of cinema?
Who will be the next National Treasure?
After Dame Judi Dench’s resignation as a “national treasure”, Romeo Coates considers the runners and riders for the role
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Femcel fantasies
“The Substance” is an accidentally revealing film
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
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We found the prawns you so thoughtfully left behind the radiator, but there’s still something here, isn’t there?
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
