ENO
Passionate subjectivity
La traviata, ENO, Coliseum
Spring to life
April in London has a number of operatic things that look kind of fun
Beyond satire
Opera North and English Touring Opera have plied an honourable trade without trying to gain kudos
Inquest into the death of ENO
The cause of death, in this coroner’s verdict, is a prolonged failure to address reality
Pity and terror
A powerful, moving adaptation of Puccini
Into the mystic
Contemporary debates over the “suitability” of many operas leaves us with only English productions
Ring of fire
The ENO’s production of The Valkyrie may lack flames, but it is convincing nonetheless
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
Taking on the right-on with cold, hard facts
A practical manual for anyone who has no choice but to sit on committees with idealistic intellectuals
Deer prudence
It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
The City’s lights are dimming
The Square Mile is increasingly at risk of becoming an irrelevance
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
