inquiry
British politics needs more Dominic Cummingses
You don’t have to like him, but he got things done
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Why the Democrats cannot be populists
It goes against the managerial nature of the party
Let’s diversify the curriculum
If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional
Fear Ireland’s shadow banks
The Emerald Isle is ripe for a volatile market correction
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
The menace of camouflage
There’s something dark about the spread of sartorial concealment to civilians
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
