Rewriting History
How to alienate good people
Having insulted thousands of its blameless members, the Church of England now aims to embed racial distinction in its very structures
Hollywood or Hollywoke?
Can drama successfully rewrite history to satisfy modern sensitivities?
What’s told is news again
Not much has changed since Philip Gibbs’ forgotten classic lifted the lid on early 20th century Fleet Street
Unexpected music and a crisis of theology
The Critic Narrated: Episode Six, with Sarah Ditum and David Scullion
TikTok time bomb
Schools across the UK have been targeted by anonymous TikTok accounts where pupils rate and defame their teachers
Red pill, blue pill
Is The Matrix best judged as cinema or cultural phenomenon?
Protect the female estate
The feminist fix: separate facilities for transgender individuals is the fairest way forward
Happily devoid of consequences
The Beano magazine retains its quality but not all its character over the decades
The other Elizabeth Taylor
Discover “one of the finest novelists of her and our time.”
Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows
Solar energy is a pipe dream — if Europe is serious about net-zero, we should invest in nuclear
Unclean
Mridul Wadhwa wants to “clean” women out of Edinburgh Rape Crisis history
Murders for the end of September
Four mysteries, three successes, two surprises and one flop
Stonewall came tumbling down
For years the charity has deflected criticism with its rainbow shield — but not anymore