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Protestant Power Games
Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, superbly adapted for television, is brilliant because it defies easy definition
Don’t Let Police Take Liberties
The Leveson Inquiry’s carelessness with basic democratic principles has undermined journalistic freeedom
Who’s in Charge of BBC News?
The Corporation’s reporting and investigations are still essential-but now they are threatened from within
Right-on self-righteousness
Arguments made by the feminist critics of Gone Girl demonstrate the problem the Left has with language
Pride and Prejudice
A new movie about the miners’ strike ignores the fact that it left Britain with nothing to feel good about
Revolt of the TV Eunuchs
Celebrity presenters such as Jon Snow reject impartiality. But the news must not be twisted
Propaganda Shouldn’t Pay
Press officers and PRs are corrupting public life. Journalists must lead a revolt against this pestilential trade
You Can’t Read all About It Anymore
The web has ushered in a new era of journalism-but left a gaping hole in the coverage of vital local news
Deluge of Green Sentimentality
In Darren Aronofsky’s Noah God punishes humanity for its crimes against the environment
Conventional Wisdom Won’t Do
From the First World War to the rise of radical Islam, catastrophes cannot be treated like ordinary problems
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past