Emily Bronte
Heartless Heights
Brontë’s lines anchor the frenetic action in Emma Rice’s over-the-top production
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
The vindication of Cass
An attempt to overturn restrictions on providing puberty blockers has failed
Why we should give votes to kids
It would stop their interests from being neglected
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
Israel off the leash
For Benjamin Netanyahu, continuing the war is a matter of political survival, and he goes to America to raise support, not to listen to calls for peace
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
The soaraway success of scoops and smut
Tabloid sensibility wasn’t just about visual presentation, it was also about the way stories were written
Academia must not dissolve scholarship into politics
Scholarly rigour must be put above ideological virtue signalling