TV trigger warnings are out of control
The warnings on what we now call ‘content’ (i.e. what we used to know as films and TV shows) are…
The trouble with Boxing Day
You are bloated and binged. Your bloodstream is 35 per cent blood, 60 per cent a mix of Nurofen Plus,…
Bring back schmaltzy songs
Christmas pop song lyrics play by different rules. Children, food and family togetherness are never mentioned in pop songs from…
Why Nigel Farage failed on ‘I’m a Celebrity…’
The coronation of Sam Thompson, Scrappy Doo in human form, as King of the Jungle in this year’s I’m A…
Why Nella Rose was booted from I’m a Celeb
Farewell Nella Rose, second to be voted out of the jungle on the 2023 series of I’m A Celebrity… As always,…
I’m a Celebrity has revealed the boring truth about Nigel Farage
When Nigel Farage entered the jungle on I’m A Celebrity… there was much gnashing of teeth and rending of garments.…
The mad cult of Doctor Who
When Doctor Who returned to wild acclaim in 2005, after 16 years off-air and about a generation of being regarded…
David Cameron and the triumph of fence-sitting politicians
David Cameron is the king of the wishy-washy compromise. Cameron has never looked happier than when he appeared in the…
Suella Braverman’s downfall is nothing to celebrate
Rishi Sunak’s decision to recall David Cameron from his shepherd’s hut has been hailed as a triumph by centrist dads.…
What did we really learn from Dominic Cummings’s leaked WhatsApps?
It’ll be years before the Covid inquiry reports back on what we can learn from the pandemic, but already there…
When did we change our minds about Little Britain?
Little Britain is ‘explicitly racist and outdated’. That’s the verdict of viewers asked by Ofcom to watch a 2003 sketch…
Israel, Palestine and the troubling silence of Britain’s anti-racists
There’s no room for racism in Britain, we’re told. EDI (equality, diversion and inclusion) initiatives and anti-racism strategies are everywhere.…
Israel’s plight exposes the truth about virtue signalling ‘values’
Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, recently took a pop at immigrants who she accused of failing to ‘embrace British values’.…
The return of rational fear
‘I don’t feel safe’ is the cry of students the western world over at the prospect of hearing terrifying opinions…
How Big Brother lost touch with reality
Big Brother is back – again. The show was axed by Channel 5 in 2018 but ITV has dragged it…
What happened when the Bully XL protesters met the ‘Rejoiners’?
London was swamped with protesters this weekend but not all of them saw eye to eye. Bully XL dog owners…
Are we heading for a Sunak and Starmer podcast?
Theresa May always had a camp appeal. The clumsiness, the dancing, the incredible squareness. Mrs Thatcher never took that crown – she…
Liz Truss is wrong – the ‘global left’ isn’t to blame for her downfall
Liz Truss is back and she’s got a book to plug. ‘It will set out what we must do to counter the disastrous…
How did the ONS get its GDP figures so wrong?
The Office for National Statistics let a bombshell drop on Friday. Halfway down the first page of their grippingly-titled document…
Biddy Baxter and the perils of remembering the past
I’ve been reading the cracking, crackling new biography Biddy Baxter: The Woman Who Made Blue Peter by Richard Marson (he’s a friend,…
The endless hypocrisy of the comedy class
Personally I find TV panel shows pretty unbearable. They’re like being at a student party full of lairy smartarses you…
Talk TV’s interview with Graham Linehan was a disaster
In my time I’ve watched a lot of TV, and so I’ve seen a lot of bad TV. But the…
The Tories have invented a new philosophy – unpopulism
Steve Barclay is appalled. A source close to the health secretary has told the Mail that he is ‘appalled to…
Why aren’t we more afraid of China?
Electric cars made in China could be turned off remotely, immobilising them instantly and crippling the West. That terrifying prospect…
