Madame Butterfly
Music to die for
The elegant narrative solution of suicide has had no greater cheerleader than opera
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He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Rich portrait of a master poet
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Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice