Thomas Brian
Thomas Brian is a third-year choral scholar studying History and Politics at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He tweets at @t_w_brian
In praise of pomp and pageantry
We must not have a stripped-down coronation
Bedlam bingo
Sex, death, sado-masochism and blasphemy in a heady cocktail
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
Three cheers for peers of mature years
Removing some of the wisest and most experienced voices in the House would be destructive and wrong
The gambling suicides myth
The rate of deaths caused by gambling has been foolishly exaggerated
Beyond the boundary
Can art reflect a nation’s spirit through its depictions of one of its favourite games?
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
Confessions of a left-wing Pope
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona
The end of “Anglo-Saxon”?
The rebranding of Anglo-Saxon England is senseless and silly
The problem with right-wing natalism
No one actually knows how to raise birth rates
The final lap
Senna dives into the high-speed Tamburello corner and never comes out of it
The curse of super-councillors
MPs should not be focused on the local at the expense of the national