We Need a Grown-Up Discussion of Troubling Telly
Following the extirpation of Little Britain, Come Fly With Me, Fawlty Towers, The League of Gentlemen, Cops, and, oddly, Gone With The...
Review: ‘This House’ and our Real Life Theatre Of The Absurd
Photo: National Theatre
Last week the National Theatre streamed James Graham’s 2012 play This House on YouTube. It tells...
Face masks: What’s all the fuss about?
Many questions have arisen during the Covid-19 pandemic, but none more so than the questions surrounding face masks. On Friday 24 July,...
The Usual Misinformation About A Levels
Exactly one year ago to the day I wrote “Boys Beating Girls in A-Levels? – Err, No” pointing out how grossly misleading were the...
Rogan Quits YouTube for Spotify
Joe Rogan’s departure from YouTube to a lucrative Spotify contract is a welcome, if small, step towards pluralism in social media. Estimated...
Covid Causes UK Cinema to Miss a Trick
According to the UK government, face masks are a legal necessity to ensure Britons feel safe going to the shops and indulging...
All Scots Should be Allowed to Drink in Public
Scotland has, to put it mildly, a drinking problem. As a population and a culture, we consume far too much alcohol, in...
Why I’ve Left Twitter
Quitting Twitter shouldn’t have been as hard as it was, but I felt a small part of myself die as my...
Why Britain Needs to Ditch the Bulldog
Saunter through the Departures area of any British airport (if you're lucky enough not to have your flight cancelled) and you’ll find...
No Silence in Music Letter Misses the Point
An open letter signed by 700 UK music industry professionals has become yet another instance of the cultural elite telling regular people...
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With the House returning from summer recess, the first PMQs took place on Wednesday. Many...
BBC Director General already retreating from reform
When Tim Davie assumed the Director Generalship of the BBC, many people hoped he would...
The British Library Must Walk Away From Identity Politics
The British Library has become the latest once revered institution to succumb to identity politics...
The Backbencher Questions The Prime Minister On The UK Internal Market
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It’s become the most boring kind of cliché at this point; but 2020 has been...
Schools Must Reopen And Unions Must Stop Interfering
Yesterday, it came to light that a Labour peer, Lord Hendy QC, had written a...
Lock them up! – The Government’s Lockdown approach to Mental Health
Since the Lockdown began, many people have found themselves at home feeling bewildered, fearful for...