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
The deep wisdom of rootedness
Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
History will judge us on gender
How can the modern world tolerate such absurdity?
Britain will not be a “Christian country” without Christians
Traditions die if there is no one to cherish them
With their pants down
The Conservatives are in a nightmare they cannot wake up from
Against rights radicalism
A noble cause has mutated into an obstructive and anti-democratic force
The Church of England is practicing a secular religion
Equality, diversity and inclusion can be prioritised over religious faith
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
What does the Scottish Hate Crime and Public Order Act really say?
Misunderstandings are the fault of Police Scotland and government ministers
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
