Giacomo Puccini
Expensive thrills
Turandot, Royal Opera
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Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning