TV Series
Toffs, trials and tradecraft
The best police procedurals unpeel the place where the drama unfolds
In praise of short shows
Sometimes, enough is enough
Tokyo story
An American takes on the Yakuza 84
Ghosts of Christmas past
Why Brits love their yuletide horror
Killer thrillers
The creators of Gangs of London could learn a lot from SAS Rogue Heroes
What to do with Channel 4
It could be a force for soft power
Zut alors! Ten Per Cent is no Call My Agent
The remake of the French original is rather merde
Watching alone
How the internet killed pop culture
What the Dickens
Spin-offs are all very well, but can’t we have the real thing?
Blood and guts in high school
“Euphoria” is the nightmare the older generation saw coming
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Conservatism needs environmentalism
What could be more conservative than conserving our natural heritage?
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Oxford elects
Meet the denizens of Oxford’s disenchanted garden currently competing for the university’s top sinecure
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
