Cassandra Russell
Cassandra Russell is based at a “world-leading” university. Her time is divided between academic teaching, pastoral care and administrative inanity. She is occasionally allowed to pursue research, so long as it has “impact”.
Degrees of Mental Illness
Cassandra Russell on the university students who game the system by self-diagnosing as psychologically unwell
Zut alors! Ten Per Cent is no Call My Agent
The remake of the French original is rather merde
The religion of self-worship
Rowan Williams calls it a “sacred journey” — but trans ideology is a new faith altogether
Godunov for me
Ignoring Russian opera — and, in particular, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — is a mistake
The flawed science of trans inclusion in women’s sport
Advocates are embracing unreliable studies to justify unfair competition
Allan Pettersson: Barefoot songs (BIS)
Sweden scorned the composer who could have been its greatest
Do we really need so many stage adaptations of novels?
There’s much that can go wrong when the drama of a book is transferred to the stage
The Sexual Revolution has failed Generation X women
More freedom won’t cure the disease
Bull market
José Tomás is a titan of the bullring, but does he live up to his reputation?