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Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
A nation of motorists
Metropolitan journalists do not appreciate how the nation travels
London calling
The decline of our capital
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
It is they who will surrender
We have all of tomorrow’s excuses today
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Slavery did not create Britain’s wealth
A bogus narrative is obscuring history and diminishing our national pride
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
Katharine Birbalsingh is wrong about religion in schools
Education should prepare us for the good life, not just good grades
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
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
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems
Who’s advising the migration advisors?
We deserve more transparency when it comes to who and what influences British immigration policy
