Science Fiction
Iain Banks: a double life
His disturbing debut, The Wasp Factory, is being reissued this year
Dune and progressive media illiteracy
Leftist moralism obscures thematic depth in its frantic rush to judge
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
Britons on the moon
Remembering a lost dream
Unearthly study of life and death
Yukio Mishima concealed his poignant political commentary in a run-of-the-mill science fiction novel
Gordon’s (Still) Alive: Flash Gordon at 40
Remembering the cult-classic science-fiction romp
The beginning and end of conversation
A catholic sift through humankind’s advent and our eventual, formative babbling and beyond.
From Balfour to Sunak
Remembering a previous prime ministerial humiliation
Alastair Campbell’s gender neutral nonsense
Alastair Campbell might not care about single-sex spaces, but women do
Being economical with the truth
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life). By George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison
Too measured for its own good
Lukas Foss: 1st symphony &c (Naxos)
Europe between the Seine and the Tiber
It is time for Paris and Rome to rethink sovereignty and their relationship with the EU
The Conservatives must repent and rebuild
The Tories have to put themselves in a position to exploit Labour weakness
Slaying gay culture
How trans activists took over the once worthy gay rights struggle
The brighter side of German Expressionism
The expressionists breathed fresh life into familiar subjects
Germany is acknowledging the unspeakable
A pattern of criminality is shattering taboos
Fun in the sun
Summer finally appeared for the most civilised drinks event of the season
