Stanley Kubrick
Why does The Shining still scare us?
A large part of its appeal revolves around a simple fact, it is utterly terrifying
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
