Monuments
Memorials to the fallen of Covid
An act of quasi-guerrilla commemoration
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
The blessings on our doorsteps
It is all too easy to forget the astonishing cultural wealth that lies close to hand in our medieval parish churches
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
So many voters got it wrong
The ignorant masses have betrayed democracy
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
