Royal Opera
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
Into the mystic
Contemporary debates over the “suitability” of many operas leaves us with only English productions
Corporations can become communities
Canary Wharf’s 8 Canada Square should be humanised
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
Reject the culture of death
Darkness lies beyond the euthanasia rubicon
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Why the election was good for Unionism
A diversity of voices will help rather than hinder the cause
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
Irreversible damage
Trans “healthcare” has been utterly discredited, but activists are undeterred by the evidence
