Culture
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
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
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
How cinemas can save themselves
Watching films at the cinema should be a communal experience
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
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
The strange death of Christian Scotland
Scotland’s religious traditions have been swept away. Now, secular intolerance rules
Don’t expand the Equality Act
Labour should not expand the Equality Act — it will hit the poor hardest
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one