Starbucks
Starbucks Dad solves the gender wars
But what about Starbucks Mum?
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
Kemi goes postal
The former business secretary and current Tory leader is grilled over a late delivery
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
