Lies
Live not by kayfabe
The dark side of professional wrestling is the dark side of institutional life
Clients
Value neutral language drains meaning from discourse
Repeatable offers
For a limited time only?
Burgundy on a budget
In search of the wine lover’s holy grail
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
The reality of assisted dying, an open letter
A plea to MPs to vote against this dangerous law
