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’.
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act it still being opposed and undermined