Domesticating Wagner
A new production of Die Walküre is at odds with its music
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration