TV
A very British series
Dr Who has succeeded because and not in spite of its limitations
Women make the best women
Biology, not clothes and hair, is key to womanhood
Broadcasting anniversaries
The long cultural shadow of World War Two
Netflixland
Against the flattened world of modern popular culture
Where are the Parkies of tomorrow?
In a risk averse world of fakes and phonies, the ever-authentic Sir Michael Parkinson is sorely missed
Militant humourlessness
A pseudo-history of British comedy leaves one depressed
In praise of short shows
Sometimes, enough is enough
Physical media matters
We can’t trust streaming services to archive entertainment
Names in the frame
All human emotions find their expression on the green baize
Are you not entertained?
The emptiness of popular culture
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Dissolve the hotbeds of wokery
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
