Plácido Domingo
Was Plácido a pest?
Domingo is far from the monster that America’s #MeToo movement has made of him
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester