Mikis Theodorakis
Theodorakis and Christou: Intersection 1955
The Ballad of Mauthausen ranks among the most beautiful music ever written about the Nazi Holocaust
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
The morality of altruism
People have a limitless capacity to convince themselves that what’s right coincides with what’s best for them
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
Why we don’t police anti-Christian hate
Jewish and Muslim communities rightly get protections and attention from the government — but Christians are routinely overlooked
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
The paper tiger and the Russian bear
NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further
