Heiner Müller
Freedom fighters
The radical East German playwright Heiner Müller and Michael Frayn have a lot in common
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
Healers who harm
Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up by Abigail Shrier
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
The dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
