Results for "simon evans"
In defence of GB News
Demands for the channel to be silenced amount to snobbery and opportunism
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
Heavy weights and hurty words
Simon Evans says Andrew Doyle’s book is the toolkit you need to think about at least one side of this debate
The sacredness of sounds
A fascinating new book explores the transcendent qualities of sound
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
The game of laughter
A backstage look at stand-up comedy
The meaning of laughs
In praise of Douglas Adams, a comedy legend
On pretending to have read books
It is an art in itself
Risk your neck, save your soul
Against the sterility of safetyism
Keep calm and le Carré on
His pessimism about Britain proved untrue — and its own kind of comforting fantasy
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
Saint Sánchez?
How the Spanish Left uses the Right to hold power
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?