Bridgerton

Culture

The tragic life of Jocelyn Wildenstein

Despite all the improvements in women’s rights and opportunities, many women will still pursue beauty, or its specter, over all else

Zoe Strimpel

The Diplomat is top trash

Though it’s set in the world of diplomacy and politics, it shows about as much interest in either of the above as, say, High School Musical does

James Delingpole

Netflix ruined The Decameron

But if you thought period drama couldn’t get any worse, here comes Amazon Prime’s Those About to Die

James Delingpole

The Oscars’ diversity quotas are dumb

It ill behoves Hollywood — the most venal and exploitative workplace ever invented — to tell the rest of us how to behave

Julie Burchill

Breathless bustier

There’s more to corsets than meets the eye

The Bridgerton school of corsetry has more in common with Kardashian-era Spanx than with the early nineteenth century

Francesca Peacock