Series
Summer viewing
Top television recommendations for the summer from Adam LeBor
Chaos captivates
The newest season of Fauda is the most complex and thus the most satisfying so far
Ends of empires
Two compulsive, immersive and vivid end-of-empire series
Mining the past
There is a deep appetite among Britain’s television audience for dramas that tackle complicated social issues
Press Gang
Croatia’s war runs like a dark thread through the excellent series ‘The Paper’
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper