Michael Cimino
Liar, crook and Hollywood great
For all Cimino’s flaws, there was still “the vision thing”
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
The return of non-crime hate incidents
Labour are attacking free speech through the back door
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
England is not yet lost
Where else would you rather be from?
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
