Television
10 years of Downton Abbey
What insights can period dramas give us into the past?
Cuties: how Netflix normalised the sexualisation of children
Netflix’s latest controversy has highlighted another troubling conflict between the Right and the Left
A trauma that never ends
Adam LeBor commends the BBC’s latest documentary on the Iraq war
Happy birthday to Hugh
Hugh Grant’s acting career has experienced a well-earned renaissance in recent years
The new televangelism
The best US television drama has a strong religious dimension
Why are we in thrall to conmen?
Alexander Larman looks forward to new drama Quiz on ITV
Pure gold among the C4 dross
Adam LeBor strikes television gold
She’s not the messiah…
Watching Greta Thunberg and the hysterical devotion she arouses, I am reminded of Judaism’s best-known self-styled redeemer
Don’t mention the war, or Alf Garnett
The ‘offensive’ TV landmarks censored from Britain’s answer to Netflix
Manners maketh answers
Rudeness does not make for good television
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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
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Carl Schmitt in Miami
Can Marco Rubio establish a new American system in Latin America?
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility