Youth Politics
Compulsory voting — the solution to our gerontocratic crisis?
Young people have been written out of British politics: it’s time to let them back in
The draining life of a young Conservative
How the two major UK parties are populist, Americanised, authoritarian entities reinforced by a system that tips the balance in their favour
The truth about the Grand Mufti’s visit to the UK
Shakwi Allam speaks the language of religious pluralism to western audiences, but sanctions persecution within Egypt
New development will ruin the National Theatre
Make Architects’ disastrous plans risk destroying the character of the South Bank
Going to the ends of the earth
A thrilling story of machismo, mutiny and madness in the Pacific
Channel 4 is not worth conserving
You can’t build a nation on Dr Who, Gin and publicly-owned TV networks
Why Russians are fleeing to Armenia
Yerevan is set to become a refuge for dissident Russians, a place of romance and sorrow
In the public sty
Ministers set to decriminalise rough-sleeping and public begging
The romance of nationalism
National Conservatives are reclaiming nationalism — but which nationalism?
Time is not a healer
Choosing a school in London is now a political decision
Moral panic over Ukraine risks nuclear war
Putin is not Hitler, but if we lose perspective we risk pushing him to reckless extremes
Joyce DiDonato: Eden (Erato); Asmik Grigorian: Rachmaninov (Alpha)
This is singing as mildly polemical conversation, from her to us
Pärt, Poulenc, Stravinsky (BR Klassik)
This is a brilliant concert of three sacred works