Oliver Mears
Bonfire of the vanities
The Covent Garden Semele uses the bad-faith tricks of the director’s shabby trade
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)