Gulf War
Shifting sands for Saudi
The Kingdom’s attempt to float Saudi Aramco didn’t go fully to plan
Commonwealth citizens should not be allowed to vote
Newly arrived non-citizens being allowed to vote makes a farce of British democracy
Rishi Sunak losing will be a blessed relief
The Conservatives should be put out of their misery
Addicted in art
What role should suffering play in creativity and the consumption of art?
The Venice Art Biennale
The overall tone is rather bloodless, smug and muted where one might hope for exhilaration
Children of the apocalypse
When you tell young people that the end of the world is coming, what do you expect them to do?
Giving Mozart a makeover
Mozart: The Salzburg Project (Warner)
Against literary celebriphilia
We need interesting authors, not “big names”
What the Conservatives should learn from Keir Starmer
The only way to reform the Tories is to purge