Opera Fringe
The weird and wonderful fringe
Seek delights in vain at our main companies, but the fringe lets them gambol free
Ship of fools
A summer of ecstatic, eccentric and not-so-operatic audiences at opera fringe
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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
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
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
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art