Review
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Two essays in excellence
The BBC at its best on Shakespeare, and remembering Barry Humphries.
These children did not matter
A fine film exposes grooming gangs and their enablement
Insanity and death
Munch at the Musée D’Orsay
John Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox (Alpha)
Among his best work
The art of influence
Culture and propaganda are not easily separable
The timelessness of Henry Moore
How a modernist bogeyman became an Old Master
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy