TV Review
A series of dreaming clichés
My Oxford Year is a trend-obsessed pastiche
When the Nazis occupied Britain
When necessary engagement becomes collaboration is an unspoken question
A ravishing Sicilian treat
Swathed in silk and linen, the prince’s family lives in luxury — but how long can this arcadia last?
Adolescence is an absolute clunker
It does not explore its overbearing themes realistically
This Netflix hit is a super-tense treat
A conspiracy thriller that steps deeps inside a fictional mafia whose tentacles reach far into the state
French spy classic rebooted in English
It’s like being at a party with people you think you know — who then turn out to be someone else
A life of indulgence
Jacob Rees-Mogg has a major persona and a minor career
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Toffs, trials and tradecraft
The best police procedurals unpeel the place where the drama unfolds
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Benches without borders
From Gaza to asylum appeals, Britain’s immigration courts are making decisions that weaken border enforcement.
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Could the driverless car save the country pub?
Autonomous vehicles will give us the freedom to drink further from home
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
A lesson from a century ago
In Helskini, architect Alvar Aalto is treated, for good reasons, as a national hero
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna