Rabbit redux
With the current taste for remakes of erotic-thriller movies of the 1980s and ’90s, these are certainly good times for…
Don’t believe the naysayers
A user’s guide to how pop music works in the 21st century. Step one: you see a great new band.…
‘I have uncancelled myself’
David Starkey’s commentary on the Queen’s funeral on GB News was generally agreed to be the best of all the…
I’m a sucker for Tucker
I was asked on Tucker Carlson Tonight only once, while in New York about two years ago, and I turned…
Imperial march
If being asked to write music for the coronation of a king is an honour, then doing it for an…
Hook up
Peter Pan & Wendy is Disney’s latest live-action remake (the animated version was in 1953) and it’s quite the sombre…
Upstart Crow without the jokes
The Swan Theatre has reopened after an overhaul and praise god: they’ve replaced the seats. The Swan is a likeable…
Sins of the father
Dixon and Daughters is a family drama that opens on a note of sour mistrust. We’re in a working-class home…
The turf
John Trotwood Moore, one-time State Librarian of Tennessee, was a racist and defender of the Ku Klux Klan. But in…
Low life
Marketa stands on one side of me, Catriona on the other. Marketa is Czech and my carer. Catriona is my…
Not so dumb
Lessons in ancient Greek for a young Korean poet who has lost her power of speech develop into a touching relationship with her half-blind teacher
A world made of wood
The pressing need for timber in the 1830s led to tree-felling on vast scale – and the displacement of countless Native Americans as a result
Crying in the wilderness
In two essays, from 1967 and 1983, he expresses the sense of abandonment felt in Central Europe – and his own dismay at the superficiality of western culture
Adolescent angst
A violent adolescent breaks out of his ‘Last Chance’ reform home at dead of night – but can he ever escape his inner turmoil?
Sand in the sandwiches, wasps in the tea
Their decline began with the arrival of package holidays in the 1960s – and new schemes for their revival seem already to have backfired
Is this the new Big Idea?
Daniel Chandler claims to be a bringer of values, to fill the vacuum at the heart of British politics. Noel Malcolm is unconvinced
How much trouble are the Tories in?
The Conservatives have suffered 1000 councillor losses – and the count is not over yet. This was the figure Tory…
Energy: drowning in subsidies
Paul Broad, the former head of Snowy Hydro, resigned amid, according to the Australian Financial Review, an escalation of tensions…
