Matthew Dodd

May 6, 2024 | palatinate.org.uk | Matthew Dodd

By Matthew DoddLast month, in an opinion piece for The Guardian, outspoken left-wing activist and writer Owen Jones made an announcement that, to any regular readers of Jones’ column, should come as no surprise: he is leaving the Labour party.

May 2, 2024 | palatinate.org.uk | Matthew Dodd

By Matthew DoddIn a deckchair under the late afternoon sun, he sat lazily, writing in a worn leather pocketbook. A pale blue linen shirt hung loosely over his torso, complimenting the dark blue of his linen trousers neatly. His deckchair stood a little off centre on the balcony of La Porte Ouverte, one of the finer hotels that overlooked the River Loire.

Mar 15, 2024 | palatinate.org.uk | Matthew Dodd

By Matthew DoddReflecting on the last twelve months at the cinema, we may find ourselves drawn to images of Barbie’s (2023) fluorescent pink matriarchal paradise or Taylor Swift’s juggernaut of a concert film, The Eras Tour (2023) – both of which broke box office records across the board. Yet, looking at the nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards, there is a far less optimistic idea that sits at the heart of many of the year’s most acclaimed films.

Feb 20, 2024 | palatinate.org.uk | Matthew Dodd

By Matthew DoddThere’s a certain compulsion to revisiting a favourite film of yesteryear to remark with an air of nostalgic ennui that ‘they don’t make them like this anymore’. The Holdovers (2023), the latest effort from Alexander Payne, is a film which seems to have been constructed with that certain compulsion in mind, positioning itself as a classic of the late 20th century, which we all collectively managed to miss out on until the 21st.

Aug 9, 2023 | ahajournals.org | Divaka Perera |Holly Morgan |Matthew Ryan |Matthew Dodd

Divaka Perera Correspondence to: Divaka Perera, MD, Cardiovascular Division, Kings College London, Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom. Email E-mail Address: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6362-1291 National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Center and British Heart Foundation Center of Research Excellence at the School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, King’s College London, United Kingdom (D.P., H.P.M., M.R.).