Nordic
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
The wild north
On screen savage battles, middle-aged villains, decline and disease are reviewed by Robert Hutton
Grim up north
Two new Nordic dramas reveal a darker side to Scandi paradise
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
