Arts

John Mitchinson on why we should celebrate the success of the flexibility of the English language which enables its richness.

Chris Sullivan reviews the 1951 classic and finds a compelling case for abolishing tuition fees before more young people's talents are wasted.

Chris Sullivan explains how the tabloid panic about knife crime today is a repeat of the 1950s and wonders when we'll actually do something about the real causes.

In Part One of his romantic misadventures after the first Brexit Referendum, Peter Jukes and his best friend discover a mysterious dark Continent.

Jon Bailes considers whether big screen hits such as The Big Short and The Laundromat actually leave viewers inspired to act for political change or informed but pessimistic.

Saba Salman meets those involved with an intergenerational music project in Surrey, which brings together older adults with dementia or a disability and young people with learning disabilities or complex needs.

Chris Sullivan rates Sam Mendes' new war film up with the classics and remembers his grandfather's survival through the worst of World War One.

Otto English delves into the privileged actor's descent into normalising hate and considers what purpose it may serve.

Hardeep Matharu explains how Laurence Fox's myopia about the role of Sikh soldiers in World War One is a wider British problem of imperial amnesia.

Bonnie Greer on what Prince Harry and Laurence Fox's different approaches to the world in which we live tell us about privilege, race and hierarchy – and the distinction between the White Man and the white man.

Ellin Stein reviews two dramatisations of the life and crimes of Rupert Murdoch's Fox News supremo.

Chris Sullivan reviews the 1960 classic which has left its mark on our culture in many ways, beyond simply its famous title.

The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema. This week Starmer Wars (2020)

Brian Cathcart, Professor of Journalism at Kingston University, on why Britain's right-wing press will be intent on destroying the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex now more than ever.

Bonnie Greer finds clarity about the desecration of US society under Donald Trump in the premise of Brett Easton Ellis' famous 1991 novel.

Chris Sullivan reviews the latest documentary from Academy Award-winning Alex Gibney which follows the story of one of Russia's richest men, now exiled in the UK.

Poet Salena Godden with a personal reflection ahead of tomorrow's General Election.

Bonnie Greer on the need to deconstruct, examine and then reconstruct how we see ourselves.