Michaelmas
The cinematic future is bright
“The End” is in sight for communal film-watching, right? Wrong
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
A very innocent man
Donald Trump is innocent squared. He never does, or is, anything by halves
Portraits in cowardice
Conservative MPs need to rediscover their spines if they want to be effective
Mutilation theology
Asserting mastery over their future selves is a feature of mastectomy, not a bug
Could Trump be a world leader?
His sense of his own importance might not be suited to isolationism
The porn Olympics
Porn puts young men and women in a degrading race that most of them are doomed to lose — so why are athletes lending it credibility?
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion