Bill De Blasio
Start spreadin’ the news
New York will be poorer, cheaper and more violent for the foreseeable future
Liberal myths of the “good old ways”
Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not so very different from the Democrats’ imagined golden age of American leadership
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
Assisted dying and the suicidal
The culture around assisted dying could aggravate the thoughts of the suicidal
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?