David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
Why personal insults fail
Getting personal might be mean, but it is also ineffective
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Indulgent Italian treats
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete string quartets (Naxos)
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
