Odesa: The Battle for a City’s Soul
Putin’s war has only strengthened the Ukrainian identity of a port where many have turned against their own Russian language and want to tear down Moscow’s imperial monuments
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
The sorry strategy
Reparations are a deeply dangerous strategy in the carnivorous world of geopolitics
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
