The Odyssey
Accost in translation
Each new rendering must make the case for its superiority to previous versions
Why the Odyssey matters
Its themes will always be relevant to the human experience
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President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
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Rewatching the English
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An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Drill, baby, drill
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Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
The torment and the tourists
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NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
Standout singers
If Music (Erato), Day of These Days (Delphian) & Eisnacht (Genuin)
Starmer’s union trap
Labour has handed power back to the unions, and is now discovering the cost of obedience
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Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration