29 Mar 2022 - 1:00am

Inside China’s fiction factories Bribery and plagiarism are the key to success

Megan Walsh

01.03

Batman won’t save us Superheroes don't belong in the real world

Dorian Lynskey

14.02

Nothing can save the BBC The product of the 20th century is struggling in the 21st

Dominic Sandbrook

11.02

Has Fuccboi killed literature? Millennial authors are slaves to their egos

Ann Manov

08.02

Why comedians stopped being funny It's safer to become a podcaster than tell a good joke

Dorian Lynskey

03.02

The hidden virtue of reality TV Does Boris Johnson owe his job to Love Island?

Julie Burchill

24.01

Inside the surreal Dutch lockdown You can visit a brothel but not a bar

Senay Boztas

24.01

Pop can’t escape the Eighties We all desperately yearn to escape the mundane

Dorian Lynskey

17.01

The annihilation of Michel Houellebecq Purged of venom, his sentimental swan song falls flat

Ann Manov

07.01

Licorice Pizza: a forgettable nostalgia flick What's wrong with enjoying things one last time?

Ann Manov

20.12

How we destroyed The Matrix Incels and trans activists are both fooled by its myth

Dorian Lynskey

11.12

Why satire gave up on politics Power is no longer wielded by our hapless politicians

Dorian Lynskey