The New World

For cinephiles, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film by David Thomson – first published in 1975, now in its sixth edition – is the indispensable guide to the movies, treasured for the erudition, humour and ...

It was, I assume, cosmic payback for my proud decision to boycott America’s World Cup, followed by my failure to actually stand by my word. I’d told both myself and others that I wouldn’t tune into the tournament, for all the obvious reasons, and though I did manage to resist the temptation for much of the group stages, my resolve ended up breaking. In my defence, all three...

Looking for an exciting new job, a real professional challenge – or are you just a complete sado-masochist? Whichever it is, there’s an enticing new job being advertised on LinkedIn – the Conservative Party is looking for a new head of media.

The party, currently struggling to get a hearing for itself amid Labour’s Doctor Who-style regeneration and Reform u...

The British historian William Whyte is worried about the future of our universities. That is not because they are facing a funding crisis, though they are, or because of the disastrous effects of Brexit on higher education, which are huge. Instead, he is worried about student housing. 

Just 30 years ago, almost all young students moved away to study, finding a ...

Newspaper sport departments are notoriously independent, not liking having those upstairs disrupting their fiefdoms with their new-fangled ideas.

So the sports desk at the Mirror are said to be not at all amused with the new columnist foisted on them by their superiors for the World Cup: Helena Ford, described in her website bio as a “football journalist”.&...