Moon Thieves
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
Free speech freeze-up
Reactions in Britain to the attempted suppression of NatCon suggest a bleak future for freedom of speech and thought
Escaping Plato’s goon cave
Vision Pro illuminates the telos of modernity and the narrowing of human experience