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
It should have been Jezza
A neutral and unbiased guide to persecuting the problematic
Recreational rioting
Is your right an existential threat to the nation or just blowing off steam? It depends on which flag you’re waving
Magic moments
A bomb dropped into the frightful world of mid-Victorian musical entertainment
British politics is Gething worse and worse
Identity is being prioritised over competence and ambition
Mad dogs and English football
Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance
Composed and electrifying
Klaus Tennstedt: The Radio Broadcasts (Doremi, 4CDs)
Commonwealth citizens should not be allowed to vote
Newly arrived non-citizens being allowed to vote makes a farce of British democracy
Still-sparkling gems of an annus mirabilis
Tried and tested novels overlooked in our neophilic rush to the new and wanting