sexual politics
Missing the point
Why opera needs fictional dead women
Why it’s time to drop Don Giovanni
Mariame Clément’s new production of Don Giovanni falls prey to modern mores.
The war on women’s spaces
Roxanne Tickle’s legal triumph is nothing to giggle at
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
