The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Liberal myths of the “good old ways”
Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not so very different from the Democrats’ imagined golden age of American leadership
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
