Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
Badmissions procedures
Putting decisions in the hands of non-specialist administrators fails students and universities
Against literary celebriphilia
We need interesting authors, not “big names”
Of course we need opera
Click-hungry editors should stop enabling philistinism
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
More drama, less news
An element of fiction can bring insights and humanity that pure non-fiction lacks
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He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
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Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival