Spartans
In Sparta: how Brexit happened
ERG leaders, and Rob Hutton, reflect on how the Tories almost collapsed over MV3
Who really got Brexit done?
British sovereignty has been restored – thanks to ERG obstinacy and Keir Starmer’s epic miscalculation
Spartans who remade Britain
If the Spartans had voted for May’s deal, Brussels and Corbyn would have been in control
Getting wrecked
Dame Ethel Smyth’s opera dated quickly, but it hardly hurts to have another look at it
What would Václav Havel have made of gender wars?
The former Czech president and playwright would have invited JK Rowling over for a beer
The war in Ukraine may have only just begun
Campaign Diary: Russia is playing a long game and tapping into its Soviet past
I miss the Simon Ravens
Twinkly-eyed twentieth century mischief makers have crashed out of fashion
Is Putin’s war turning genocidal?
Campaign Diary: Evidence of Russian war crimes found in Bucha
Godunov for me
Ignoring Russian opera — and, in particular, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — is a mistake
Our golden age
Today’s jockeys are the best ever
Accusations of transphobia are pure misdirection
Barrister Robin Moira White has falsely accused the AEA of “transphobia” for defending women’s rights
Prize-winner reprises and rediscovered tales
From Young Mungo to The Candy House: three new novels to read this month
Sibelius: 7 symphonies and Tapiola (Decca)
A fresh, ambitious and daring approach to the familiar Finn
A vision of victimhood
Feminists have to do better in the fight against trans ideology