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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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
How to get filthy wrong
Gary Stevenson has replaced economics with politics, and the results speak for themselves
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT