Fear and tension in Frankfurt
Mass immigration has exacerbated societal dysfunction in Germany
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
