Nick Cohen
Shock Value
For all the Arts community’s grandstanding about its political value, none of its number was brave enough to protest the late, great M.F. Husain’s plight
A Marriage of Convenience
The sycophantic coverage of the royal wedding sidestepped the essential debate on the monarchy
Politically Suspect
British TV producers love the ethnic minorities but don’t give them any work
They Missed the Story
Ignoring the silenced millions, Western journalists got the Middle East all wrong
Murder Most Mundane
British crime drama should emulate a Danish series as good as anything from America
The Moral Low Ground
American TV dramas are often realistic and authentic, unlike their British counterparts
The Hounding of M. F. Husain
India’s greatest living artist has been forced out of his home country by Hindu sectarian extremists
Keane Goes Back to Basics
The BBC correspondent may have launched ‘emotional journalism’ but he has returned to reportage
Different Class
Only in Britain could a TV company get away with a drama that looks so lovingly at the past
Culture? Reach for the Remote
French TV may be dull, but it is unashamedly highbrow. Not so British broadcasting
Majority rule; minority rights
It is folly to treat UK race relations as totally divorced from the rest of human experience. We need to look at the larger global picture
American revolutions: Rewriting the language of the unheard
‘Dissenting viewpoints — for example, the belief that America is not an intrinsically racist country—are shunned as further proof of racist pathologies’
The favourites
From Piers Gaveston onwards, controversial courtiers have a long history in British politics.How unusual is Dominic Cummings?