Jerusalem
Reason’s misrule
The revival of Jerusalem reminds us of a still-forgotten England
Jerusalem: cradle of lost peace
In the Holy Land coexistence was a fragile dream, built on unstable foundations
New stories from a very old city
A history as brilliantly labyrinthine as the city it describes
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Killing with kindness
Sentimentality and euphemism cloak the cause of assisted suicide
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
