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Yelp if you’re woke
Yelp label businesses accused of racism, the MOD goes woke and restaurant apologises for mocking Xi
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
Three cheers for peers of mature years
Removing some of the wisest and most experienced voices in the House would be destructive and wrong
The students are revolting
Far too many young people are sheltered from the real world by their university education
Death by red tape
“Soft cancellation” is the preferred tool of institutionalised censoriousness
Peers but not equals
Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies 1&2 (Ondine); Franz Clement: Solo violin works (Naxos)
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
The scourge of EDI
It is patronising, divisive and anti-meritocratic
28 hours later
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been infected with the deadly Rage Virus
What is culture anyway?
Protecting and renewing culture demands a fuller understanding of its nature and its purposes