Aida
Verdi shines, despite everything
A gloomy production of a glittering opera
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
The West should stop indulging delusions on Ukraine
Ukraine cannot achieve its maximal goals
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
