TV Series
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
Final frontiers
Adam LeBor on two TV series that are set in border regions, that feature engaging female characters and that are beautifully filmed
Against Britain’s two-tier policing
Street preachers should not be arrested for offending people
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
The menopause is no joke
It is time to stop being so facetious about women’s health
The hidden cost of pronoun politeness
Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
Keep your shirt on
Don your white shirt with a flash of scarlet à la the fashion bitches
