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Spare us the skintight sonata
If Yuja Wang were to strip everything right down to the music, she could be a sensation
Notes on a doomed affair
Norman Lebrecht on how Marion von Weber was both interesting and important to Mahler’s emergence
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Kemi Badenoch was right about the chaos in Clapham
Rioting as entertainment is a First World phenomenon
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read