Television Series
Risky liasons
From Syria to Spain
Boats and bombs
A Netflix winner, a Netflix disappointment and a classic American hero on Amazon Prime
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird
Where is so much gender confusion coming from?
The scope of inquiry into gender and young people should be expanded to schools
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
Dear Keir, get real
Instead of announcing grand new doctrines, it’s time for a very British realism
The creation of canals
Entering the golden age of canals
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
