Despite being anti-English, Republican propaganda, Gunpowder is absolutely gripping
The opening of Gunpowder (BBC1, Saturdays) was just about the most knuckle-gnawingly tense ten minutes I’ve ever seen on TV.…
How the World Bank keeps poor nations poor
What is the point of the World Bank? You probably think of it, if at all, as a benign institution,…
Steinbeck’s Eden
The novelist loved Positano’s sleepy beauty and 60 years on it’s no less enchanting, says James Delingpole
Stop whatever you’re doing and watch Suburra
I know I keep saying that in Decline of the West terms we’re all currently living in Rome, circa 400…
If only the Tories understood how free market economics works
‘I don’t think I’m quite as Austrian as you are,’ a Tory minister said to me the other day. And…
The hilarity – and horror – of Curb Your Enthusiasm
James Delingpole celebrates the unrivalled hilarity – and horror – of Curb Your Enthusiasm
We can never accept terrorism as the new normal
Not long after the Parsons Green Tube bombing, another of those viral, defiant-in-the-face-of-terror cartoons started doing the rounds. It was…
Move over Bond – Kingman are the real spy masters
The Kingsman films are perfect for those who miss the wit and eccentricity of old Bond movies. Meet the team behind the franchise
Unlike father, unlike son: the Whitehalls double act
Jack and Michael Whitehall’s TV double act hinges on the chalk and cheese aspects of their personalities. Now they’re off travelling together
I really wouldn't bother watching Sky Atlantic's Tin Star
Tin Star, the latest Sky Atlantic drama, has a comfortingly familiar premise: Jim Worth (Tim Roth), an ex-detective from London…
James Lovelock on voting Brexit, 'wicked' renewables and why he changed his mind on climate change
The environmental pioneer on voting Brexit, ‘wicked’ renewables and why he changed his mind on climate change
The State was gripping, moving and shocking – but it came at a moral cost
No, The State (Channel 4) wasn’t a recruiting manual for the Islamic State, though I did feel uneasy about it…
The story of Pecky, the young green woodpecker, could be a moneyspinner
Ever since I was a child, I’d always yearned to see a green woodpecker. With its scarlet cap and lime-green…
Why foreign TV series are so enjoyable – the sex is better
Valkyrien (C4, Sunday) is the hot new Scandi-noir series, which is being billed as Norway’s answer to Breaking Bad. In…
David Cameron’s kept his head down, so let him chillax
David Cameron was in the news again this week after being paid £1 million a minute to give a speech…
Netflix is great because (unlike the BBC) it doesn’t ram its politics down your throat
All this week I have been trying, with considerable success, to avoid being bludgeoned by TV programmes telling me in…
Justine Greening’s idiotic gender policy shows it’s time to give up on Toryism
I’ve had it with the Conservatives. For me, and I know I’m not the only one, the final straw was…
Game of Thrones should have at least arranged for Ed Sheeran to be stabbed
I’m a bit worried about Game of Thrones (Sky Atlantic). Not seriously worried: there’s too much money invested, too much…
Let's keep up the Moggmentum
‘We need to talk about why the internet is falling in love with Jacob Rees-Mogg, because it’s not OK,’ warns…
Cathar country, Carcassonne and cassoulet
I once spent three months living in the Languedoc, writing my first novel. The highlight was the few days I…
Why braindead filth like Love Island is such a breath of fresh air
Melvyn Bragg on TV: The Box That Changed The World (BBC2, Saturday) was just what you would have expected of…
The Bank of England is enslaved by green groupthink
I do find it odd that I’m so often having to write about the science of global warming, species extinction…
Sky Atlantic’s Riviera is fine if all you want is the TV equivalent of a computer screensaver
‘Riviera is the new Night Manager,’ I read somewhere. No, it’s not. Riviera (Sky Atlantic, Thursday) is the new Eldorado…
I hate to say it, but I can’t blame the millennials who voted for Corbyn
On the morning after the election I was drinking coffee with one of my heroes, Sir Roger Scruton. We talked…
Hippies gave us wonderful things, but they left an evil legacy too
There’s an incredibly addictive old iPhone game called Doodle God where you effectively invent civilisation from scratch by combining basic…
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