Music
Less austerity, more pizazz
Grand opera was long thought quite dead but is suddenly rearing its shaggy head again
Calculated absurdity
I want to listen to music that sounds like the dumb hopefulness of being young that I once couldn’t wait to rid myself of, says Sarah Ditum
Tapping into history
As soon as you enter Idagio.com you can kiss your working day goodbye
The politics of the Pet Shop Boys
How the electronic dance duo made more than a minimal contribution to music
High notes go wrong
Flying is a macho thing for musicians. It shows they are in demand and living the good life
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
