Gnosticism
Lo! He comes with clouds descending
The news is Good and should be celebrated
Are we being watched?
Secretive Covid-era “spy” agency repurposed to monitor social media during riots
Wagner: the long and short of it
Creativity consists in destruction, in turning the composer inside-out, in making fun of him.
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Weren’t the grownups meant to be back in charge?
Shallow managerialism has failed us already
No room for reform?
We should hope that even the worst people can change
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion
