Vampires
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Russian to judgement
Russia watchers are the real useful idiots
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
Cowboy quartet
A new screen Western is always welcome
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Will Labour build back better?
The most conspicuous monuments of the last decade are the vast online shopping warehouses
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
