International
A conviction singer who convinces
Folk Songs: Magdalena Kozena/Simon Rattle (Pentatone)
Elegant buildings elegantly explained
The Past is no longer something that Was, but one of many possible solutions
A pair of Czech masterpieces
Two new Czech masterpieces
Return of the dragon
China’s Covid belligerence will only isolate it further
May day, May day…
A letter from Colombo
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
A real pea souper
Rivers of filth bear our merry band to the grotesque wonders of Dickensian London
The building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
The case for Christian converts
Don’t let allegedly bogus conversions cause you to forget that real ones exist
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Dylan Mulvaney did not share our girlhood
His bizarre parody of the female experience is grossly offensive
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
Is Britain on course for abortion up to birth?
Diana Johnson’s amendment creates a medical and legal vacuum that would endanger women and their babies
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
