sequels
Reboot camp
In the desperate hunt for stories, adaptations are now all-dominant
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
Drop your weapons
Knives Out deserves a reprieve from the dread of bad sequels
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
Boho Ohno
Boho’s back, baby, meaning droopy, limp and dismal is the name of the game
Two-tier policing is not new
Our authorities must operate without fear or favour again
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
