Why it’s time to drop Don Giovanni
Mariame Clément’s new production of Don Giovanni falls prey to modern mores.
An effortful opera
A fun but difficult production of Il Trovatore
Proper pro opera
Fun with fear and failure
Freak shows
Horrors wrestled into being
Spring to life
April in London has a number of operatic things that look kind of fun
Betjeman the beat poet
Recalling a thrilling collaboration between the poet and a group of oddball musicians
Going for a song
In true bel canto, the only important thing is the voice, the song
Just do the bloody show
Rusalka, Royal Opera House
The jackpot of opera
The Rhinegold, English National Opera, Coliseum
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
The Scullionbait Awards for Reporting Merit
Articles with no opposing quotes, criticism, or trace of so-called “balance”
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
