Prima Donna
Going for a song
In true bel canto, the only important thing is the voice, the song
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
Too many silences in this book about music
The hazy treatment of what “music” even entails falls flat
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Italy is right to extend its ban on surrogacy
It is good for women and it is good for children
