Madame Butterfly
Music to die for
The elegant narrative solution of suicide has had no greater cheerleader than opera
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
Why ministers fail
Even the more effective politicians do not have time to achieve anything
I’m so over Exposed
Exposed: The Rise of Extreme Porn and How We Fight Back by Clare McGlynn
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
The problem with scapegoating social media
Social media has become a convenient whipping boy for Britain’s political class
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable