Jonathan Lynn
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
How to get filthy wrong
Gary Stevenson has replaced economics with politics, and the results speak for themselves
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Romance rethink
An optimistic rejoinder to common dating advice
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world