North England
Beyond satire
Opera North and English Touring Opera have plied an honourable trade without trying to gain kudos
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
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
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
