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
Have the police criminalised being “openly Jewish”?
It is unacceptable for the police to blame the victims of potential bigotry
Britain must develop economic resilience
The Houthis have exposed our devastating economic insecurity
A matter of National concern
This year’s race will come close to destroying its magic
Men deserve single-sex spaces too
The campaign against the Garrick Club is tiresome and opportunistic
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Women MPs should be representing women’s interests
It was ludicrous to talk about microaggressions in the aftermath of an alkaline attack
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
Cricket’s triple threat
Some have the granddaddy knack
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
Playing politics
Parliament was at its most preposterous today
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
