Culture

Vibe shift

The rise of white signaling

Let us get used once again to guiltlessly celebrating the sheer pleasure of being alive and white

Damian Reilly

A book about hair as a kind of cultural text

Ian Sansom

How do we know we live in a free country? When a cartoon can depict a president as having a gay love affair with Satan

Neal Pollack

A brief history of the awkward fact that pale/white women are perceived by almost all humanity as more desirable

Sean Thomas

Musicals

The septuagenarian is, somehow, hip

Alexander Larman

Art
August 4, 2025
An American in Paris
John Singer Sargent was was destined for greatness – and scandal
Jane Coombs
Television
August 4, 2025
Return of the King of the Hill
Hank Hill continues to age well
Alexander Larman
Culture
August 4, 2025
Trump eulogizes Woke on Truth Social
The theater kids lose, normal America wins
Cockburn
Film
August 1, 2025
Will Steven Knight ruin James Bond?
The news that the Peaky Blinders creator will be writing the script has sent my confidence spiraling right down
Alexander Larman
Culture
July 31, 2025
The new Naked Gun is actually funny
Reviewing this film is like reviewing a whoopee cushion. It’s not here to make us think. It just wants to make us happy
Deborah Ross
Film
July 31, 2025
South Park has lost the plot
The show has become a shitlib parody of itself
Gage Klipper
Culture
July 30, 2025
Gillian Anderson: Ice Queen
Why is she so difficult to warm to?
Alexander Larman
International
July 28, 2025
The boorishness of Ellen DeGeneres
She didn’t flee oppression; she fled embarrassment
Kara Kennedy
Film
July 28, 2025
Eddington, a Greek tragedy in the Wild West
Ari Aster’s new film gives Covid a mythic air
Veronica Clarke
Music
July 28, 2025
RIP Tom Lehrer
The musician-comedian spread like herpes, rather than Ebola
Alexander Larman