Nick Cohen
Shock Value
For all the Arts community’s grandstanding about its political value, none of its number was brave enough to protest the late, great M.F. Husain’s plight
A Marriage of Convenience
The sycophantic coverage of the royal wedding sidestepped the essential debate on the monarchy
Politically Suspect
British TV producers love the ethnic minorities but don’t give them any work
They Missed the Story
Ignoring the silenced millions, Western journalists got the Middle East all wrong
Murder Most Mundane
British crime drama should emulate a Danish series as good as anything from America
The Moral Low Ground
American TV dramas are often realistic and authentic, unlike their British counterparts
The Hounding of M. F. Husain
India’s greatest living artist has been forced out of his home country by Hindu sectarian extremists
Keane Goes Back to Basics
The BBC correspondent may have launched ‘emotional journalism’ but he has returned to reportage
Different Class
Only in Britain could a TV company get away with a drama that looks so lovingly at the past
Culture? Reach for the Remote
French TV may be dull, but it is unashamedly highbrow. Not so British broadcasting
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts