KGB
Incel inside
The Russians assume we use Opera to project state power, I assure them that the government hate the arts
The long arm of the Chekists
This book is an apt metaphor for the state of freedom of speech in modern Britain
An unrepentant serial killer
The Happy Traitor tells Blake’s story in a witty and sophisticated way, fully alert to its complexities and ironies
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)