Delightful: Phoenix, at All Points East, reviewed
A few years ago, my nephew informed me that he and his friend were planning to come up to London…
Why has Leonora Carrington still not had a big exhibition?
‘It had nothing to endow it with the title of studio at all,’ was Edward James’s first impression of Leonora…
A historical abomination: Firebrand reviewed
Firebrand is a period drama about Henry VIII’s sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr. It is sumptuously photographed – it’s…
Charming and silly: Sam & Max – The Devil’s Playhouse reviewed
Grade: B Readers of a certain age (mine, roughly) may have fond memories of 1993’s Sam & Max Hit the…
Sick, cynical and irresistible: Netflix’s Kaos reviewed
Kaos is a new Netflix gods-and-monsters black-comedy blockbuster that will scorch your screen and fry your brain like a thunderbolt…
How claims of cultural appropriation scuppered an acclaimed new ballet
On 14 March 2020 I was at Leeds Grand Theatre for the première of Northern Ballet’s Geisha. The curtains swung…
Inside Zelensky’s not-so-fresh reshuffle
In Ukraine, there is a joke: never waste time memorising the names of ministers – they’ll be replaced soon enough.…
Veterans’ champion quits with blast at Starmer
Labour have been encouraging plenty of controversy recently with the growing allegations of cronyism surrounding recent civil service and public…
Marine Le Pen is crucial to Michel Barnier’s survival
Michel Barnier, the OAP appointed yesterday as Prime Minister of France, is a sensible fellow, even if at 73 he…
Expanding the sugar tax won’t save any lives
Labour may not have been forthcoming about most of their tax and spend plans during the election. But on one…
Top Labour donor in ‘operation integrity’ storm
It’s a day ending in ‘y’, which means another Labour scandal. Today marks the return of Lord Alli, the media…
How select committees could cause trouble for Keir Starmer
It’s not just the Tories facing a big vote next week. Across the House of Commons, MPs will be choosing…
BBC bias on Israel set to be probed
More bad news for the BBC. Following the fall-out from the Corporation’s catastrophic handling of the Huw Edwards affair, a…
Could Germany resurrect Britain’s Rwanda migrant scheme?
When Keir Starmer became Prime Minister he immediately dumped the Tories’ Rwanda deportation scheme. The Labour leader said the £310…
Ian McKellen’s comments about the Queen are a step too far
Of all the people who might come forward to attack the memory of the late, lamented Queen Elizabeth II, Sir…
Watch: Miliband blasted over energy bill ‘false promises’
Another day, another drama. This time Ed Miliband is in the firing line after his opposite number took aim at…
Reconciliation renewables and Indigenous energy…
Ah Victoria, you’ve done it again
A dispatch from Ukraine’s Pokrovsk: Heartbreak at the station
The sounds of protracted artillery battles boom and echo over the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk with a nerve-wracking consistency. From…
‘Paddy-bashing’ and the blind spot of progressives
There’s a new book out that depicts Irish people as gurning ginger-haired imbeciles who do Irish jigs in the garden…
Labour’s term-time holiday crackdown won’t work
In the bestselling book Freakonomics, the authors Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt outline an experiment which involved fining parents…
Starmer could regret trying to woo trade unions
The last two and a half years have seen a dramatic revival in trade union militancy, with working days lost…
Night czar’s City Hall no-show
Over to the Mayor of London and his minions. While the Prime Minister has been busy giving pay rises to…
