Michael Powell
Michael Powell: an auteur who loved to work with others
In our age of the Saw torture-porn franchise, Peeping Tom still has the capacity to disturb
We have forgotten the titans of British cinema
It has fallen to Scorsese to rescue the reputation of Powell and Pressburger
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
Are all Christians monks?
George Guiver’s book exudes down-to-earthiness, bordering on irreverence
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
