Stephen Sondheim
Film and music theatre
A marriage made in heaven, or one heading for the rocks?
The knife-wielding obituarist
Tom Sutcliffe’s obituary of composer Stephen Sondheim was ill-judged and vindictive
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month