Marvel
We don’t need another (super)hero
The shrinking world of the superhero franchise film.
It’s grim up north
Is the Northman alt-right propaganda? Perhaps, but it’s not the only one
Hogging the spotlight
Souvenir Part II offers no hope for British cinema
The geek shall inherit the earth
How a studio was bullied into releasing the first cut of an unsuccessful film
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
You can’t judge a book by its cover
All novels should be like this: stripped of the necessary but boring connective tissue
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
Are we suffering from generational sink?
How can the young find meaning and coherence in the future?
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
The paper tiger and the Russian bear
NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
