Review
Let’s appreciate Wagner for Wagner
Politics and historical commentary aside, Lohengrin is currently on at Covent Garden
Genuine English opera
‘Peter Grimes’ labours under the weight of national anxieties
A controversial opening
I love the idea of the Vagina Museum, I just don’t love this vagina museum
Heartless Heights
Brontë’s lines anchor the frenetic action in Emma Rice’s over-the-top production
Breathtaking… and empty
The formidably long run-time of Dune leaves viewers with little world-building and a lack of colour
Friggitelli with Rosie
Lisa Hilton falls for the rustic charms and continental cuisine of a perfect English pub
Back to the wall
Despite the fact East Germany has disappeared, it continues to live on in this outstanding trilogy
Finn noir
A Bergmanesque miasma of gloom hangs over every episode in this new Scandinavian thriller
Thanks for not sharing
Lisa Hilton says tapas are over-hyped, over-priced and have overstayed their welcome
American nightmare
Lisa Hilton reluctantly samples a Five Guys burger in Milan and regrets it
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Why personal insults fail
Getting personal might be mean, but it is also ineffective
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
The melting pot that boiled over
Beirut was once a playground for the rich and famous, but now seemingly destined for decline
