Television
“Adolescence” is not a documentary
The successful drama series should not necessarily become a guide to policy
Meghan Markle is not the problem
Hate her all you want, but Meghan didn’t make the rules
A life of indulgence
Jacob Rees-Mogg has a major persona and a minor career
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Jeremy Clarkson touches grass
How a cocky petrolhead found his soul
Alan Bennett at 90
From the small screen to the stage, Alan Bennett has been the poet of awkwardness and isolation
Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about comedy
Wokeness has exacerbated the decline of sitcoms and stand-up, but it is not the cause
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
