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They’re not laughing now
Without taxpayer handouts, will the arts finally be forced to give people what they want?
Who wants to be a teacher?
Lucy Kellaway’s memoir is a must-read for anyone considering the profession
Letter from Washington: Who are America’s vaccine sceptics?
Party politics is only part of the story when it comes to vaccine hesitancy
Auntie Nazi League
It’s BBC actors and comedy stars who’ve made the corporation great over the years — not two-a-penny journalists
Only collect
The key to successful selling is to cultivate collectors
Vanishing worlds
Round-up: what do these books tell us about literary culture in 2021?
Original sin
Robert Thicknesse on the woes of modern, British opera
The pain gain
In today’s pop world trauma is an asset
Nero: zero or hero?
Despite everything we thought we knew, Nero may just possibly be regarded as a half-decent emperor
Castigating Britain
Could an editor not rescue Jonathan Haslam’s new book from triteness?