Jokes
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
Techno, bombs, and babushkas
A month travelling across Ukraine
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
Marriage matters
We have to fix the foundations of the family
The state Will Hutton is in
Dissecting a spiteful attack on British farmers
Stories worth telling
Untold Stories (Hyperion)
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
