Mircea Cărtărescu
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
Picking at old wounds
The campaign to rejoin the EU has been revived
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence