The Crown season six: a regal return to form?
The newest episodes deal with the final weeks of Princess Diana and the aftermath of her death
Alexander Larman
Alexander Larman is an author and the US books editor of The Spectator.
Thursday
Tuesday
Have we misunderstood David Fincher?
The director’s continuing ability to challenge, provoke and entertain is a marvel
Will Charles enjoy a birthday reconciliation with Harry?
From our UK edition
Happy birthday, Your Majesty. The King turns 75 today but the celebrations will be muted: Charles is spending the day launching the Coronation Food Project, which is designed to deal with the pressing issue of food shortages throughout the country. He’ll also be hosting a reception for NHS nurses and midwives. For a monarch who has been accused of
Monday
The Killer is a black-comic masterpiece
As ever with David Fincher, formalism is very much to the fore
Friday
Prince Harry wins his latest legal battle – but at what cost?
From our UK edition
Prince Harry has won a small victory in his High Court battle: a judge ruled this morning that his privacy case against Associated Newspapers, the publishers of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, can proceed to trial. Harry is part of a group of seven, including Doreen Lawrence and Sir Elton John, who have
Thursday
SAG strike resolution: what happens next?
It is now inevitable that there will be a log-jam in post-production facilities
Tuesday
Charles’s debut King’s Speech was a triumph
From our UK edition
The King’s speech was a damp squib – but for that we should blame Rishi Sunak rather than Charles III. Most of the announcements – from tougher prison sentences to cracking down on smoking – were already known about. But while the Prime Minister’s agenda was far from inspiring, today’s pomp and ceremony did give
How Marvel lost its way
The MCU’s Midas touch appears to be dimming
Thursday
‘Now and Then’: the Beatles are back
If you thought the rivalry between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles died in 1970, you were wrong
Wednesday
Should Charles apologise to Kenya for Britain’s colonial past?
From our UK edition
It was no coincidence that Kenya was chosen for King Charles’s first state visit as monarch outside Europe. After all, it was at the Treetops hotel in Aberdare National Park on 6 February 1952 that his mother acceded to the throne. As the politician and diarist Harold Nicholson quipped, ‘She became Queen while perched in
Sunday
Rest in peace Matthew Perry
If his legacy ends up being that of ‘tragic Friends actor dies young,’ that is an enormous shame
Monday
I took my daughter to see Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
It is impossible not to be swept up in the giddy exuberance of it all
Friday
Age is catching up with our much-beloved musicians
In our increasingly secular age, we worship rock stars as our deities, as figures who inspire our hopes and dreams and fantasies of excess
Monday
Is Taylor Swift ushering in a new era for movie theaters?
The Eras Tour ’s success may indicate a path back to profitability for movie theaters, if not movies themselves
Tuesday
Were we all wrong about Frasier?
Early reactions to the revised show have been generally positive
Monday
Has Hollywood lost interest in making sci-fi movies for adults?
Audiences are not willing to pay their $12 to go and see something new and original
Thursday
Michael Gambon was so much more than Professor Dumbledore
He played countless iconic and legendary roles over the course of a sixty-year career on stage and screen
Wednesday
What does the end of the WGA strike really mean?
At first glance, this suggests that business as usual can resume, but the actors’ strike continues
Monday
Sex Education: it’s time class was dismissed
The suspicion remains that the wokery at the show’s heart is being celebrated rather than satirized
Monday
Kenneth Branagh: the luckiest man in Hollywood?
He has been given break after break and has done his best with them
