Maria Callas
Missing the point
Why opera needs fictional dead women
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt