English National Opera
Art does not exist to improve society
We should resist the cultural reductionism of the modern “creative industries”
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
The West should stop indulging delusions on Ukraine
Ukraine cannot achieve its maximal goals
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
