Four Quartets
Ralph Fiennes, Four Quartets and the future of theatre
It’s impossible to hear Eliot’s meditations and not be reminded of our current national ordeal
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
