The Oscars
Hopkins and Oldman: The very best of British actors
Following the recent Oscar nod for Anthony Hopkins and Gary Oldman, Alexander Larman looks at other parallels between the two thespians
Right-on cue
As usual, the Academy flagellates itself over insufficient African American Oscar contenders
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
Will Starmer’s immigration gambit backfire?
The prime minister might have opened a box that he cannot close
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
Taking the liberal mask off prohibition
The case for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is morally and economically unsound
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
