How I came to live in Looking-Glass House
How it feels to be exiled over political disagreement
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
What does surrogacy say about us?
We are putting the interests of adults above those of children
Of course we need opera
Click-hungry editors should stop enabling philistinism
A bad man writes a worse book
Alastair Campbell’s new book is beneath the level of the bargain bin
What on Earth are the Conservatives running on?
Rishi Sunak needs a vision for the country, not just anti-Starmer posturing
School’s out forever
British universities are in an unsustainable state of overexpansion, and taxpayers can’t be expected to keep footing the bill
Lone danger
One certainly wouldn’t expect anything resembling loyalty from the wolves running “Theatreland”
Gelding: the pros
Bring back the castratos? Might as well
Who to free — killers or rapists?
The police, the prisons and the courts are all dysfunctional, thanks to the Conservatives
Alcibiades
The Ancient Greek orator, philanderer, drunk, traitor and hero would have felt at home in modern politics
Gambling with the numbers
A new survey of problem gamblers has serious problems of its own
Labour won’t survive unless it boosts living standards
People need hope that things can eventually get better
