Sci-FI
Otherworldly talents
Long live the golden age of British television, when great actors imbued classic roles with risky, multifaceted complexity
What would Terry Pratchett have made of 2020?
Hard graft and moral clarity were central to the Discworld author’s success
The geek shall inherit the earth
How a studio was bullied into releasing the first cut of an unsuccessful film
The party that fell for a lie
The WEP is unable to give a straight answer to the question: what is a woman?
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
50 years ago…
Ali dances, bounces, beckons Foreman on, matador against bull
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
International Society for Libdem Consciousness
It’s a cult, but at least it’s one of the cheerful ones
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
