Madame Butterfly
Music to die for
The elegant narrative solution of suicide has had no greater cheerleader than opera
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Humza Yousaf, global citizen
Britain needs one, and only one, foreign policy
Dylan Mulvaney did not share our girlhood
His bizarre parody of the female experience is grossly offensive
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain