The final frontier
Christopher North says bullfighting thrives in a culture where death is discussed, not hidden
The pardoner’s tale
Christopher North on a sentimental fad that risks cheapening the ritual of the bullring
End of the fiesta?
Christopher North worries that lockdown has caused an extinction-level crisis
Pick of the plazas
Christopher North advises on the best bullrings for budding aficionados
Bullfighting à la mode
Christopher North says French aficionados are more demanding than the Spanish
Lords of the ring
Christopher North says while matadors come and go, pedigree fighting bulls remain
Death of a maestro
Christopher North pays tribute to one of the two great matadors of the Golden Age
Opening gambits
Christopher North witnesses the start of the bullfighting season
A little world of death
Christopher North says the decline of bull fighting is greatly exaggerated
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
