Bertolt Brecht
When Kurt was better without Bert
Musical theatre forgets all but the smashiest hits from its past
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
No taxation on expatriation
With no navy and minimal evacuation efforts, the UK’s demand that citizens abroad pay up is ludicrous
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun