Oppenheimer
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
The stench of Chanel No 5
Set mainly in Nazi-occupied Paris, The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
A genius, a journalist and a little gem
A bit of lucky timing cannot be begrudged
Against Baddielism
The author is wrong about Jewish representation
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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
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders