Andris Nelsons
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Two cheers for Keir
Keir Starmer enjoyed a warm end to a chilly premiership
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Love on manoeuvres
La fille du régiment, Covent Garden
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one