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The geopolitical prescience of Handel
On opera’s flirtation with current affairs
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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
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious