Figaro
Opera as it should be
This, at last, is what the English National Opera is for
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
Sex, success and failure
Sarah Ditum talks with songwriter Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety