Rite of Spring
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did Beethoven’s Ninth become a black-tie enclave?
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.