Television
GB News must save itself from itself
The channel can do important work if it gets out of its own way
Paper trail
Thrillers from Finland to Afghanistan
Summer viewing
Top television recommendations for the summer from Adam LeBor
Counterfeit Cleese
Coates on Cleese, Collins and Cole
Diamond geezers in Antwerp
From crime dramas to political thrillers, Adam LeBor reviews television from across the world
Are they okay?
British politics and media can be hard to stomach
Risky liasons
From Syria to Spain
Tokyo story
An American takes on the Yakuza 84
The madding crowd
Drunks, dames and Dahl
A lie amid history
Will your interpretation of history be more interesting than the real thing?
Diversion, disruption and distinction
Being memorable and sticky guarantees a novel a long and healthy life
The disgrace of ACE
Arts Council England has failed to support artists and art
Why we all feel let down
Reflecting upon the corrosive power of disillusionment in politics and why our leaders are virtue vacuums who lack both competence and character
Sport, strength and pseudo-feminism
We should expose the emptiness of femininity compared to femaleness
Toxic relationship
For a long time, it has seemed that you’re nobody until somebody’s tried to get you cancelled
No more Mr Boring
Farage is making politics fun again
The police should stop wasting time on tweets
How have we reached the point where expressing your opinion can consign you to a Kafkaesque nightmare?
Miserable managerialism at Magdalen
Gimmicky stakeholder management is failing the spirit of the university
Portraits in cowardice
Conservative MPs need to rediscover their spines if they want to be effective
Why are our politicians afraid of politics?
The depoliticisation of policy should concern us all
Steering clear of titfer tat
We now are seeing the first flowering of a head-dress renaissance
