Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Deconstructing a giant of the screen
For a gay, Hegelian, terrorist-sympathising dialectician, Fassbinder was a rather conservative moviemaker
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Belle époque on a plate
The Goring offers a level of enchantment seldom found in the environs of Victoria Station
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
The death of an Anglo-Hungarian Painting
Nine months after a savage act of vandalism at Trinity College Cambridge, anger is growing at its lacklustre response
Where are the calls for blasphemy laws coming from?
We should consider the voters as well as the politicians
An open letter against assisted dying
118 academics oppose the Leadbeater Bill