Culture
Why do we persist with Opera?
Dependent on state subsidies, artistically ossified and only a few go to see it
Against pop culture populism
The phoney courage of disdaining classical music
The culture war has become the culture
On the discourse and the subject
Building a culture for kids
Financial support is not enough to raise fertility rates
Not having a gay old time
On BBC radio’s preoccupation with Americans and identity politics.
Hating The Hundred
Why do cricketing authorities think we’re stupid?
A nation of curtain twitchers
Britain is becoming pettier, nastier and more tedious
Militant humourlessness
A pseudo-history of British comedy leaves one depressed
Requiem for London’s music
How London has lost its place as a classical music capital.
Declining figures
British museums and galleries have yet to recover from Covid.
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership