Madame Butterfly
Music to die for
The elegant narrative solution of suicide has had no greater cheerleader than opera
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Prince
Is he simply a desperate chancer, or a genuine threat to British interests?
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
In defence of the stiff upper lip
Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them
