The Big Short, or why Margot Robbie explaining economics in a bathtub works
Just how often does one leave the cinema these days having actually learnt something? It’s a question The Big Short, a movie about the men who managed to ...
Category: Review
Master of None: Aziz Ansari’s humour, but with more boring bits
It perhaps says something about the differing ambitions of Britain and America that successful standup comedians are awarded quite different prizes either side ...
George Osborne’s biography shows the shallow success of the Tory modernisers
In the wake of Labour’s humiliating summer it is tempting to think that the Tories have returned as the natural party of government, and are set to domina...
EH Shepard’s Great War and the years before Winnie the Pooh
If you thought children playing soldiers was sinister enough, it is impossible not to be struck by the darkness of a cartoon in which several kids mimic a gas a...
The Importance of Being Elderly: Maggie Smith Stuns in The Lady in the Van
The Lady in the Van ‘s BFI London Film Festival premiere comes a week after new figures revealed that more than half a million adults are missing out on ...