UNBELIEVABLE: 10 | History Defined

Napoleon and The Crown are travesties: there is no ‘artistic licence’ to distort history

In a sick world, it is dangerous for film-makers to fabricate and embellish in the name of entertainment, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023

‘Royally lost the plot’: how The Crown went from prestige drama to TV disaster

It was once a stately piece of landmark TV, but seven years on it’s a trashy, unwittingly comical melodrama that borders on the exploitative. How did things get so bad?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

Every week brings a fresh HS2 scandal. It’s time to shut it down – all of it

In an astonishing white paper, Rishi Sunak rips into the project he once lavishly funded. But he doesn’t go far enough, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2023

We cannot turn away from suffering, but I can no longer watch the news coverage from Israel and Gaza

Right now we have tabloid television, not broadcast news, offering a ghoulish voyeurism and simplified spectacle, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2023

The Covid inquiry must look at facts as well as guilt

Letters: David Hughes hopes the inquiry will correct the lurch towards a presidential style of government. Plus letters from Peter Slessenger, Michael Lavin, June Findlater and Susan Mahoney

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2023

This pantomime in Paddington is no way to right the wrongs of the Covid pandemic

The search for blame rather than truth at the inquiry is fuelling a theatre of humiliation, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023

There is a route out of this Israel-Gaza hell – an intermediary will be crucial to plot it out

No one should be squeamish about a state such as Qatar acting as a broker and bringing Hamas to the table, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023

Public inquiries are a vital vehicle in quests for the truth

Letter: Ben Harrison responds to Simon Jenkins’s suggestion that public inquiries benefit the legal profession but serve little other purpose

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023

Subpostmasters betrayed, contaminated blood victims forgotten: why is Britain so bad at righting wrongs?

Interminable public inquiries won’t give the victims of medical scandals and miscarriages of justice their lives back , says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023

Rishi Sunak is fuelled by Fomo – so he postures in the Middle East like a latter-day Tony Blair

The tragedy unfolding in Israel and Gaza demands serious humanitarian action, not this pointless showing off, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023