Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The year the mob called the tune
So much political meddling in music and so little resistance
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The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion