Helen McNamara
Whitehall shirks the blame game
Are civil servants the blameless dupes of “partygate”?
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
