Issue: February 2022
Before the current era
In a time of multiculturalism, mere words provoke apoplexy
Light Lines: The Architectural Photographs of Hélène Binet
Binet’s photographs find beauty in unexpected places
A crisis of truths
In our partisan, post-truth age of fake news and “follow the science”, the link between facts, narrative and power has never seemed more stark
The villainy of J.K. Rowling
Rowling is dog-whistling to her transphobic followers by writing the exact opposite of what she thinks
Sock it to ‘em
Omicron-cancelled events and surprised marionettes
There may be trouble ahead
You can expect inflation between five and ten per cent for most of the next two years
A most unreliable culture warrior
Not reactionary, just drawn that way
Musical Lessons
Could the jazz-hands pizzaz of musical theatre be just what opera needs?
Tacsi for a moribund language
Why condemn a million Welsh people to a parochial linguistic straitjacket?
This history of sport fails to bowl over
An inadequate night watchmen of the genre
