Opera
Into the mystic
Contemporary debates over the “suitability” of many operas leaves us with only English productions
Ring of fire
The ENO’s production of The Valkyrie may lack flames, but it is convincing nonetheless
Hot Valks live!
While belly-laughs are not frequent, there’s terrific fun to be had in this massive soap-opera-style family melodrama
To the bitter end
Why on earth would we want to see the same tawdry old stories endlessly re-enacted?
The G&S divide
A large proportion of the English drive themselves mad with a baroque cocktail of fury, snobbery and self-hatred over Gilbert and Sullivan
Original sin
Robert Thicknesse on the woes of modern, British opera
He’s not the Messiah!
Robert Thicknesse ruminates on The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko
Odes to joy
Robert Thicknesse on Rossini’s extraordinary de-cluttering of the musical atmosphere
Losing the plot
Robert Thicknesse reveals how in searching for meaning, opera adaptations are becoming more obscure
Moving beyond the text
La Clemenza di Tito, Geneva
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
England is not yet lost
Where else would you rather be from?
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Kemi Badenoch is a useful idiot
The former Secretary of State has a track record of advancing woke regulations
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
The war on women’s spaces
Roxanne Tickle’s legal triumph is nothing to giggle at
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
