Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming: Voice of Nature, The Anthropocene (Decca)
Beauty released by the singer’s larynx is met by plodding fingers on a monochrome keyboard
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome