Arts funding
With friends like these …
Opera’s wild vicissitudes of fortune under both Labour and the Conservatives
In defence of excellence
The anti-elitist Left and libertarian Right are both wrong
Yes, beauty matters. Now what?
How do we address our current artistic crisis and the wearying stalemate of the “culture wars”?
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
Requiem for London’s music
How London has lost its place as a classical music capital.
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
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The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured