London Film Festival
Horrors of war
Christopher Silvester on two extraordinary films from Eastern Europe shown at the London Film Festival
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground