Vivien Leigh
Amour fou of the star-crossed lovers
The relationship between Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh was one of all-consuming passion
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
Dissolve the hotbeds of wokery
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
The mixed legacy of #MeToo
There is a difference between confronting male behaviour and recreational man-hating
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
