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Robert Thicknesse on the woes of modern, British opera

In today’s pop world trauma is an asset

Despite everything we thought we knew, Nero may just possibly be regarded as a half-decent emperor

Could an editor not rescue Jonathan Haslam’s new book from triteness?

There’s no wonder that books are becoming more conformist when freedom of expression is being curtailed

The new Great British Railways should abolish the garish sweet shop designs of today’s trains and look to the glorious liveries of the past