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The original, best and shortest English opera
John Blow, Venus and Adonis; Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (HGO)
King Leer
Johnson is approaching the Raving On A Heath stage of his leadership
Sounds and sweet airs
Classical music is flourishing in Britain — though if you listened to our cultural elite you’d never know it
Blessed by fire?
Letters from the Falklands front: Feelings about the war in Argentina are both tragic and triumphant
Reasons for Rishi to be cheerful
Soaring inflation means the Chancellor can avoid an unpopular tax hike
The war in Ukraine may have only just begun
Campaign Diary: Russia is playing a long game and tapping into its Soviet past
Stop monstering Hungary
Our brave author put his head in the mouth of the Hungarian dragon
Spring into bling
Post-pandemic life is a party
What lies ahead for the Australian election?
Labor’s Anthony Albanese might have a chance
Don’t mention the war
It’s wrong to cite the Ukraine conflict as the principal cause of soaring prices
Fall into the gin trap
Nothing is better than a clean spirit