
Princess Diana’s kinder Britain
A new biography plays down the royal’s cultural impact – but she softened the hard edges of the Thatcher era.
ByReviewing politics
and culture since 1913
A new biography plays down the royal’s cultural impact – but she softened the hard edges of the Thatcher era.
ByThe new series of the Netflix show is more Hello! magazine than history – and no more exciting for it.…
ByTwenty-five years after her death, Diana Spencer has been eclipsed by monuments and myth.
ByIn The Crown’s reimagining of the intimate exchange, the future King’s longing for linguistic purism caught my ear.
ByThe two lovers were torn apart by antiquated notions of morality that now seem not just sexist, but downright cruel.
ByIt’s not victimhood to express feelings – it’s good for your mental health.
ByDocumentarian Ed Perkins shifts the focus away from the royals’ story to examine the people who helped create it: us.
ByThe grand biopic opts for heavy-handed symbolism over any grounding in reality.
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