Movies
Polls at the pics
Films offer windows into the British and American political processes
My war stories
The role of the war film in British cinema
The beauty and the bomb
Barbenheimer is a true cinematic event
Belfast boy
Christopher Silvester reviews two semi-autobiographical movies: Oscar-contender Belfast and arthouse The Souvenir
Cancelling Terry Gilliam (again)
Gilliam is now 80, and seems as cheerily intent on causing trouble and controversy as ever
Diversity season again
Chloé Zhao is the first Asian woman likely to be nominated in the Best Director category for Nomadland, says Christopher Silvester
His own best character
A new Netflix release has been trailed as a masterpiece, with myriad claims to Oscar recognition, says Christopher Silvester
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
