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Jacques Offenbach

Tawdry tales

The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House

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Robert Thicknesse

Sausage to fortune

Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe

Sketch

Robert Hutton

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We have to rebalance civil society

To influence power, we must organise

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Ben Cobley

Enthralling eclecticism

Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)

Lebrecht's Album of the Week

Norman Lebrecht

Blogosphere bubble

Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak

Eating In

Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European

Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?

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Ben Sixsmith

In defence of hereditary peers

Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract

Sounding Board

Marcus Walker

Graduation blues

On the sad decline of the British university

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Jorge González-Gallarza

It’s the economy, stupid

The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority

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Elliot Keck

Butchering La bohème

Opera is “relatable” already

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Alexandra Wilson

The eternal lockdown of the soul

Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state

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Luca Watson

Making a difference

Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised

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