Sean Connery
Fond memories of Sean Connery
I struggle to think of a more glorious spectacle than the sight of Sean flashing that winning smile
Sean Connery: the man beyond Bond
Who was the “real” Sean Connery?
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
