Tolkien
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Between Middle Earth and the West
130 years from his birth, what can we learn from Tolkien?
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Why has Tehran released Toomaj Salehi?
The regime is said to be split over whether to target high-profile protesters
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Peston’s inbox
Kemi wants a correction, and Keir could appear on celebrity TV
A Boxing Day treat
It’s Boxing Day — and that means it’s the King George VI Chase at Kempton
So many voters got it wrong
The ignorant masses have betrayed democracy
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Choosing enemies wisely
China manifestly wishes to avenge her past humiliation at Western hands
