Irony
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
Make a bonfire of Dr Seuss
Titania McGrath on how book burning is the only way to defeat fascism
Town vs clown
Claudia Savage-Gore baulks at the idea of decamping to the shires
Sensitivity of a high order
Sibelius and Prokofiev: Violin concertos (Decca)
Don’t let the government poach your pouch
A moral panic is brewing over nicotine pouches
The illusion of normality in Nikopol
Determination and death on the front lines of Ukraine
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
Killing with kindness
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation. By Hugh Warwick
Manifestos, multiculturalism and the British millet system
Competing communitarian manifestos provide a dark glimpse into Britain’s future
Anatomy of a populist cynic
As Spain’s national-conservatives get outflanked by “Alvise”, Europe’s “new right” would do well to watch the fringes, too
Racing’s shame
British racing should have nothing to do with Sheikh Mohammed
Don’t blame “county lines” victims
Exploited children need protecting, not convicting
The follies of human quantitative easing
British politicians have made a fatal commitment to human quantitative easing