Traditions
Britain’s Christmas “hobby horse” customs
“Animal guising” customs offer important insights into British festive culture
Busoni’s legacy
The best of him is found in the piano concerto
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
Dance with the devil
Should a museum be a venue for the display of works of art for sale?
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
Has Kemi Badenoch engineered a political disaster?
Barring a late Christmas miracle, her allegations against Reform UK seem to have backfired
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?