The Magic Flute
It’s not for kids
Children are always unwelcome in Opera, except in The Magic Flute
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
