Peter O’Toole
The roaring boy Macbeth
Why Peter O’Toole’s 1980 performance at the Old Vic is remembered for all the wrong reasons
The uses and abuses of nostalgia
The old like to think they had it harder, but secretly feel they had it better, too
No-demand TV
Have We Got Politicians for You
An epidemic of misguided moralising
The difference between vaccine sceptics and advocates is not as great as it appears
Beauties and the beasts
Our urge to anthropomorphise animals obscures the fact that we are all part of the same complex ecosystem
The Facebook police
New policing guidelines are wholly ineffective
Apocalypse soon?
Civilisations always rise and fall — ours is no exception
Gangsters by the Gulf
Dubai and the rise of organised crime
Tory Story
Playtime is never over in Westminster
Liverpool, lies and France’s shame
The Stade de France fiasco bodes ill for forthcoming international sports events
The gendrification of Ireland
How gender identity theory has become embedded in Irish society
Last swipe at the Proms
Is it time to give a grudging nod of acknowledgement to the BBC Proms?