The Magic Flute
It’s not for kids
Children are always unwelcome in Opera, except in The Magic Flute
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
Who killed the Women’s Equality Party?
Taken over and destroyed by men
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
Assisted dying and the risk of premature surrender
We should be very wary of the circumvention of true palliative care
Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them
Lily Phillips is a Rorschach test
Experience and behaviour are not solely reducible to consent
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
