Searching in vain for Hitler’s lethal edict
These two new histories of the holocaust add little to what is already known
Overarching view of the air war
These two volumes are a solid starting point for understanding the British and Commonwealth air war
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
Rising above the mob
Questioning is kryptonite to the genderist cause
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Pilot, playboy, player
This portrait of a gifted and not particularly pleasant man adds another feather to the author’s hat
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
