Open Letter
Bring back the fun!
Alexander Larman writes an open letter to the artistic directors of theatres
Murdoch must buy the Jewish Chronicle
An open letter from Norman Lebrecht to Rupert Murdoch
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
It’s time for Fifexit
Ed Davey is right — the FA and UEFA should quit FIFA
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
