Royal Opera House
Theodora: an over-fussy feminist failure
With productions this bad, it is no surprise that nobody cares about opera
The paper tiger and the Russian bear
NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems
Conscious decoupling
Some people consider ideas on their own terms; for others they are inextricable from context
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant