Artillery Row
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Are we being watched?
Secretive Covid-era “spy” agency repurposed to monitor social media during riots
The way forward for conservatives
We must have bold politicians who really believe in the things they promise
Night of the ghost fascism
If a far right protest is rumoured but no one turns up, can it be counter-protested?
What women have lost
How can women focus on traditional feminist issues when spiteful men are demanding to be included?
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
In the beginning: neither fish nor fowl
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Tough on smoking, tough on alternatives to smoking
We should give smokers healthier options, not no options
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
Lebanonisation in the UK
Sectarianism, crackdowns and ethnic tension are becoming the new normal in the UK
Defend the arts … before it’s too late
It will take more than a new government and a bonfire of policy documents to put things right
