Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese vs Marvel: a tale of two different cinematic perspectives
At a time when studios are afraid of investing substantial amounts of money in films without a guaranteed audience, it’s time to ditch the snobbery towards popular films
Goodfellas at 30
‘As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster’.
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
The state Will Hutton is in
Dissecting a spiteful attack on British farmers
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
