Ukraine
The curse of history
Campaign Diary: the war in Ukraine in context
Know your Ally
Just who are our plucky Ukrainian friends?
Fighting for Ukraine shouldn’t be treason
It’s time to overturn the Foreign Enlistment Act
Point man
Never trust a man with a six-point plan
The hypocrisy of cultural boycotts
Spare us the corporate virtue-signalling
Geopolitics and the invasion of Ukraine
What lessons does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have for the study of geopolitics?
Children must not become collateral damage
We must do more to protect children from adult mistakes, not just in Ukraine but here in the UK
Red sky in the morning
The West woke to find itself hooked on Russian gas with degraded militaries
The time to stop Russia is now
War in Ukraine is but the next step in the Soviet empire’s 30 year march
Schulhoff, Popov: String quartets (QBT)
A Baedeker tour of Europe’s miseries, amidst the outrage in Ukraine
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
The long and winding road
Join us on our journey down the roads of the 1800s
The dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
Ukraine can still triumph
It needs, and deserves, Western patience and solidarity
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
Two-tier policing?
If the Government caves in on its buffer zone guidance, it will be mandating two-tier policing
Smartphones are not the source of all social ills
Phones and social media are easy scapegoats for our all too human follies
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Grizelda Buncome
Peripatetic creative writing tutor
