social realism
The geopolitical prescience of Handel
On opera’s flirtation with current affairs
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Their generation
How young rockers became venerable sages
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
