Mozart
Do not go gently
Opera has treated the subject of cancelling the pleasures of others in some depth
Men beware women
How we underestimate the women in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte
Spring into bling
Post-pandemic life is a party
The power of flags
Even in a material age, symbols matter
Labour’s lost cause
Despite recent successes, the party is still leaving working class voters behind
A successful account of the disastrous
When the Dust Settles is a record of an achingly human response to chaos and emergency
High politics and unholy power plays
British policy in the Ottoman Empire was not driven by Orientalism, but self-interest and self-deception
The wrong kind of victim
Today’s victimhood narratives don’t make space for the most vulnerable
Trans activist makes a fuss without facts
Trans people in the UK have all the same rights, and a few more besides
Celebrating the cycle of life
The universal realities of life, love and death are at the core of the strength of the monarchy
Maine attraction
There is better crime fiction being written
Detransitioners should sue the NHS
Our National Health Service is mutilating the children placed in their care
Number 10 needs a caretaker
But who’s up for the thankless task of cleaning up Boris’s mess?