Cynthia Erivo
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs