Dionysian Mysteries
Bacchus in Pompeii
The meaning of the beautiful frescoes in the House of Thiasus remains a mystery
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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.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
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
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Standout singers
If Music (Erato), Day of These Days (Delphian) & Eisnacht (Genuin)
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
What’s wrong with our newspapers
Important news is being drowned in the tawdry and the trivial