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As gripping as an Agatha Christie thriller: Shooting Hedda Gabler, at the Rose Theatre, reviewed

14 October 2023 9:00 am

The unlovely Rose Theatre in Kingston is a modest three-storey eyesore. The concrete foyer looks like an exercise area on…

The inequality of sex

23 September 2023 9:00 am

As we all shroud ourselves in grief at being unable to watch Russell Brand any more on terrestrial television stations,…

From revolutionary Paris to the moon

12 August 2023 9:00 am

Thirlwell’s protagonist Celine flees malicious gossip in revolutionary France to ponder on sisterly solidarity, patriarchal violence, motherhood, colonialism and slavery

Why didn’t more people resist lockdown?

3 September 2022 9:00 am

Last week’s Spectator interview with Rishi Sunak conveyed the anti-science ‘science’, the paucity of even fag-packet cost-benefit analysis and the…

The chief characteristic so far has been nervousness: Chivalry reviewed

23 April 2022 9:00 am

Chivalry – written by and starring Sarah Solemani and Steve Coogan – is a comedy drama about post-#MeToo Hollywood life.…

A cut above TV's usual #MeToo fare: BBC1's Rules of the Game reviewed

15 January 2022 9:00 am

As you may have noticed, it’s something of a golden age for TV shows about how invisible middle-aged women are…

Peng Shuai and the limits of China’s #MeToo movement

5 November 2021 7:14 am

China’s #MeToo movement has taken a step closer to the centre of power in Beijing, after sexual abuse allegations by…

What if Clinton had come clean?

30 October 2021 9:00 am

What if Bill Clinton had told the truth? Would America’s sexual and political history be different? The thought occurs because…

In praise of chastity

12 June 2021 9:00 am

New York It’s party time in the Bagel, or at least private party time. Yours truly is an extra man…

The politicisation of Sarah Everard’s death

20 March 2021 9:00 am

A woman called Jenny Jones, now elevated to Baroness Moonbeam, or something, in the House of Lords has proposed a…

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Bill Clinton: from boomer to Zoomer

19 August 2020 1:21 pm

It’s no fun to see Bill Clinton in a virtual vacuum. He’s a people person, a glad-hander, a back-rubber, a…

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The crumbling lawsuit against Fox News

22 July 2020 5:27 am

The new lawsuit filed by two women against Fox News and several of its personalities is riddled with inaccuracies. This…

Michaela Coel's dazzling finale reminds me of Philip Roth: I May Destroy You reviewed

18 July 2020 9:00 am

It might seem a bit of a stretch to see deep similarities between Michaela Coel (young, female, black and currently…

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The new inequality

22 June 2020 8:17 pm

It is a strange habit, the American one of making talk-show hosts into preachers. There is no good reason, after…

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Do you believe Tara Reade?

16 May 2020 8:02 am

Without a doubt, women who level sexual assault allegations against powerful men are often subjected to character assassination and smears.…

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Hiding Biden is the best way to get him elected

7 May 2020 1:09 pm

So Mrs American Voter, which septuagenarian sex abuser do you want to be President? The whole ‘#MeToo’ business probably should…

Too much photocopying but stick with it: The Assistant reviewed

2 May 2020 9:00 am

First, the latest digital film release: The Assistant, starring Julia Garner in a slowly, slowly, catchy, catchy tale that won’t…

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Biden’s denial doesn’t close the door on the Tara Reade accusation

2 May 2020 4:06 am

Joe Biden finally went on the record Friday denying he sexually assaulted Tara Reade. It took 39 days and multiple…

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Will Hillary be Biden’s VP?

29 April 2020 6:21 am

Far be it from Cockburn to compare a former secretary of state to a venereal disease, but perhaps Fox News…

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What Biden’s recent endorsers said about Kavanaugh and #MeToo

28 April 2020 10:37 am

Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer for Joe Biden, claimed in an interview last month that the former vice president…

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Why the mainstream media won’t take Tara Reade seriously

15 April 2020 6:19 am

‘The gym bag, I don’t know where it went. I handed it to him. It was gone and then his…

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Witch fight! The naked hypocrisy of Alyssa Milano

7 April 2020 10:24 am

Alyssa Milano has rebranded herself as a Twitter activist and Democratic party booster since her acting career peaked with the…

Why Hachette were wrong to drop Woody Allen’s memoir

21 March 2020 9:00 am

Even amid plague, economic apocalypse, and the cancellation of 2020, dumb stuff keeps happening. Besides, loads of us will now…

The appeal of ugly men

15 February 2020 9:00 am

Gstaad Lenin Moreno is in trouble, despite his very unchristian first name. For any of you unfamiliar with the name,…