Opera Audiences
Dogme drama Festen adapted for stage
How gratuitous would everyone would have found this if the film had never existed?
Ship of fools
A summer of ecstatic, eccentric and not-so-operatic audiences at opera fringe
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space