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A Lester man
Beware of the fusion of history and progressive activism
A last act of love
There’s a reassurance in new shoots and the proof that life goes on
Too much of a good thing?
The administrative class in UK higher education is bloated, overpaid and arrogant
Low mimetic nation
Why Britain keeps mistaking TV for real life
A much-misunderstood composer
The Cosmos of Paul Ben-Haim (CPO)
WNO’s curtain call?
Behind the ovations for Britten’s masterpiece looms the death of opera in Wales
No time to DEI
Barclays goes back to the dark ages
George Ciancimino
More than a survivor of the “sixties”
The schools of hard knocks
Many boys suffered, but some carried their misery into the world of work
Game of the name
The naming of horses can be wonderfully inventive
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive