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
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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
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?