Netflix
In defence of the Netflix Persuasion
It is a satire of modern vanities, not a screw-up
Class viewing
The contrast between the lives of the boxers in “Fight School” and those portrayed in “Anatomy of A Scandal” could not be sharper
Naughty noughties
History repeats itself in more ways than one
Turkish delight
Sir Simon Milton is one of the men who destroyed London
Chamberlain’s fictional rehabilitation
Netflix’s sympathetic take on the great appeaser is ultimately unconvincing
Press Gang
Croatia’s war runs like a dark thread through the excellent series ‘The Paper’
Nollywood comes of age
Christopher Silvester explains how censorship has suppressed Nigerian films that have won international acclaim
The career of David Fincher – not so black and white?
David Fincher’s eleventh film is his most personal and revealing yet
His own best character
A new Netflix release has been trailed as a masterpiece, with myriad claims to Oscar recognition, says Christopher Silvester
How true is The Crown?
The suspicion that it has a partial basis in fact makes the saga splendidly and addictively watchable
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false