Television
Why Sherlock Holmes remains the greatest detective
There is no need to make Sherlock Holmes more likeable, part of his brilliance is in his ambiguity
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
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street