Sovereignty Clause
The indefatigable Bill Cash
Sir Bill Cash has achieved his political life’s ambition of restoring British sovereignty – did he ever think it would happen and is it ‘case closed’?
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Made for TV
UK politicians are generally unsure what to think about a subject until the ITV docudrama comes out
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Satire, sci-fi and a sting in the tale
It’s time for our annual guide to the best new fiction of the year
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley