Culture
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
An optimistic history of women’s rights
Sexed: A History of British Feminism. Susanna Rustin
Living in the 80s
Did popular culture peak four decades ago?
Terrible beauty
Does the World Press know what constitutes photojournalism?
Reclaiming freedom in the arts
Great art that speaks of today cannot be made in a climate of fear
When things could only get better
Fans of the 1990s aren’t nostalgic reactionaries. They celebrate an era of optimism, peace, prosperity and great popular culture
How cinemas can save themselves
Watching films at the cinema should be a communal experience
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
Bursting the myth of the “people’s war”
The Home Guard was not a nation-in-arms of the Jacobin kind
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
War returns to Kursk
Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Amicus curAI?
The implementation of AI into the judicial process must be handled with care
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
