Gothic
An effortful opera
A fun but difficult production of Il Trovatore
Happy Gothmas
Get your festive Morticia Addams on
Our deepest, darkest fears
The transgressive, transmedial and transnational nature of the Gothic genre
The EU’s war on Hungary
As news breaks of secret EU plans to cripple the Hungarian economy, who can still believe it respects national sovereignty?
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
The creation of canals
Entering the golden age of canals
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
NatCon lives on
The conference has gone ahead in Brussels despite protests and police action
The problem with securonomics
A genuine strategy for increasing our economic security and resilience as a society would not start with the state
