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Bryan Fogel on turning Jamal Khashoggi’s murder into a film
Bryan Fogel seems to have done it all. It’s hard to think of a showbiz figure with a more varied…
Statistics on Indigenous women as perpetrators
It isn’t easy to find data on Indigenous women’s violence. The numerous reports on Indigenous violence usually omit any mention…
Trump didn’t break America. Biden won’t fix America
One era ends; another begins. As J-Lo sang her patriotic wine-bar set at Joe Biden’s inaugural in Washington DC, the…
The delicate balancing act of lockdown messaging
Matt Hancock spent Monday evening trying to explain a very delicate tension to the public. There’s the good news of…
Biden should embrace Britain’s new Indo-Pacific strategy
While final negotiations on the UK’s relationship with the EU continue to drag, No. 10 is moving rapidly to expand…
Why Joe Biden will win tomorrow
Joe Biden is going to win. I have been wrong before. I will be wrong again. And maybe I’m wrong…
Watch: Barnsley woman rebels against lockdown
It was announced yesterday that South Yorkshire would be the latest area to move into Tier 3 of the coronavirus…
Populist Trump can win the RNC
The Republican National Convention kicks off Monday in the hope of offering voters an alternative to the unfocused, self-serving Democratic…
Why Biden might be better for Brexit Britain
At the best of times, US presidential elections require the British government to walk a tightrope. In 1992, a Tory…
The European Union may never have its ‘Hamilton moment’
The European Union has always been quintessentially risk averse. What a surprise therefore to see it jeopardising its very existence…
We can’t stop here, this is Biden Country
One of the most eye-popping coronavirus containment measures instituted anywhere in the country can currently be found in the small,…
China’s COVID cover-up shows it can’t be trusted
‘Hide your capacities, bide your time’, China’s former leader, Deng Xiaoping, famously once said. Few in the West understood what…
Time to crush China’s Arctic influence
Eyes are opening to the evil of the authoritarian Chinese regime that represses its people, genocides entire cultures, and influences…
How will the world be changed by the war against coronavirus?
The world as we have known it for the past 40 years has come to a stop. We have a…
Coronavirus social restrictions could soon become compulsory
Boris Johnson has taken to calling his Government a ‘wartime’ one because of the fight against coronavirus. If you accept…
Rambert's latest uses the migrant crisis for superficial intrigue: Aisha and Abhaya reviewed
The January dance stage can be a site of naked contrition. Like a tippler grasping at green juice after a…
Best gig of the week: the fuzzy, slacker melodies of teenage quintet Disq
Come January, when the proper pop stars are all in the gym working off the pounds before they emerge, blinking……
Where did the money come from for Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine operations?
Donald Trump is about to become only the third US president to be impeached —or charged with a crime —…
Riveting and beautifully staged analysis of totalitarianism: Arcola’s #WeAreArrested reviewed
When the RSC does modern drama it usually lays on an ultra-worthy yarn with a huge cast, dozens of fancy…
A last dose of vitamin D before the clocks go back: Royal Ballet’s triple bill reviewed
Were those gerberas in Francesca Hayward’s bouquet on opening night? Gentlemen admirers take note: no woman, ballerina or otherwise, has…
A hoot from start to finish: The Man in the White Suit reviewed
The Man in the White Suit, famously, is a yarn about yarn. A brilliant young boffin stumbles across an everlasting…
Nothing sings and shimmies like Alvin Ailey
Hit them with your best shot? Or save the best till last? Almost 30 years after Alvin Ailey’s death in…
Daffy charm and diabolo tricks: Bolshoi’s The Bright Stream reviewed
The Bright Stream is a ballet about a collective farm. Forget everything you know about collectivism — the failed harvests,…
Electrifying: English National Ballet’s She Persisted reviewed
‘Where was the Kahlo brow?’ asked my guest in the first interval of English National Ballet’s She Persisted, a triple…
A masterclass of menace and magnificence: Romeo and Juliet reviewed
Two households, both alike in dignity. Capulets in red tights, Montagues in green. Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet opens in…
