Simon Jenkins
A good read but variable as history
A Short History of London is good on architecture but a more sophisticated analysis is needed
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Twitter monetisation was a mistake
It has diminished rather than enhanced creativity
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
The EU must respect Britain’s borders
Freedom of movement for EU youth would threaten our security for no obvious gain
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
Busoni’s legacy
The best of him is found in the piano concerto
