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These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Why it’s time to drop Don Giovanni
Mariame Clément’s new production of Don Giovanni falls prey to modern mores.
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment