TV Series
Final frontiers
Adam LeBor on two TV series that are set in border regions, that feature engaging female characters and that are beautifully filmed
How the DVSA is driving young people mad
Driving tests should be much more accessible than they are
Trump the peacemaker?
Donald Trump’s survival should inspire him to seek an end to violence
Still-sparkling gems of an annus mirabilis
Tried and tested novels overlooked in our neophilic rush to the new and wanting
Beef stew
Drake might be literally alive, but in terms of reputation, this was a murder
DEI is just good manners, really
Stripped of all its jargon, allyship is nothing more than old-fashioned gallantry
Children of the apocalypse
When you tell young people that the end of the world is coming, what do you expect them to do?
The beginning and end of conversation
A catholic sift through humankind’s advent and our eventual, formative babbling and beyond.
On the Cusk of austerity
A cerebral critic pleaser, a dramatic crowd pleaser, and a perennial favourite
The soaraway success of scoops and smut
Tabloid sensibility wasn’t just about visual presentation, it was also about the way stories were written
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country