Russo-Ukrainian War
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Toasting a maestro
Stranded passengers emerged bewildered into the night of the living dead
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
How Putin uses history as a weapon
Russia’s new Tsar has rewritten the national story
Does vaping do more harm than good?
It seems improbable
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
