Glaring omissions of a whistle-stop tour
Carey is the tour guide of a magnificent villa telling of the wonders that lie beyond a closed door
Riffing on the poetic tradition
William Poulos says that in his wisdom and readability, Llewelyn Morgan serves his subject well
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
“Social justice” is damaging education
Teaching is in danger of degenerating into indoctrination
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
The mixed legacy of #MeToo
There is a difference between confronting male behaviour and recreational man-hating
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
