War Films
The joy of war films
For decades, they have connected generations around culture, history and the love of a good story
A bridge to nowhere
The meaning of the Kerch attack
Forgotten films
Streaming services contain a wealth of overlooked foreign-language war stories
Dutch courage
Christopher Silvester on a war movie with no rousing patriotic music or violence, but nevertheless filled with unexpected delights and discoveries
Do mention the war
The Deer Hunter remains the most affecting of Vietnam movies, Christopher Silvester writes
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting