Peter Jackson
Bored of the Rings
Is it time for the Tolkien industry to give it a rest?
It’s grim down South
Rakib’s Britain: Never mind the Red Wall, let’s talk about the East-West divide and a forgotten England
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
An unlikely man of the people
Kenneth Clark has been unfairly accused of elitism; he wanted to democratise the glories of Western art and make it available to all
Ukraine’s patriotic master
The painter Ilya Repin straddled both Ukrainian and Russian cultures
Extinction Rebellion, handmaiden of technocracy
There’s nothing natural about the environmentalism of modern eco activists
Has the Tory left deserted Northern Ireland?
Conservatives must stop backing the disastrous NI protocol
Pulsating panorama of a complex decade
A new history of the Interregnum rescues this forgotten period of history from oblivion
BBC butterflies
Trans charity Global Butterflies seems harmless — but are they really cuckoos in the nest?