Anne Sofie von Otter
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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 case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Romance rethink
An optimistic rejoinder to common dating advice
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
An idiot’s guide to promoting “public health” policies
How to make irrational authoritarian moralism sound like urgent common sense
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves