Leos Janacek
Joyous adventures in the absurd
A new performance of a Janacek opera takes one to the moon and back
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
