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OperaShots

  • 27 April 2011

These attempts to shake up the opera world fail.

Toeing the line

  • 30 August 2010

A Stalin-era piece by Shostakovich towers over the rest.

The Pearl Fishers

  • 21 June 2010

Bizet's "bromance" strikes a chord with a modern audience.

Voices from the deep

  • 11 June 2010

Rick Jones marvels at how Britten and Forster's work has lost none of its power.

England's dreaming

  • 12 February 2010

Iain Sinclair summons up the spirit of John Clare.

Chick Corea/Béla Fleck

  • 19 November 2009

Sholto Byrnes applauds a jazz performance that is full of fireworks

Alfred Schnittke Archive

  • 05 November 2009

Rick Jones discovers a forgotten genius of 20th-century music

Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal

  • 28 May 2009

This drama skewers the do-gooding in Africa to compelling but chastening effect

A night at the circus

  • 14 May 2009

The star turns are accomplished, but Beckett’s chilling vision is obscured

Cycle of violence

  • 07 May 2009

Tricycle Theatre's series of plays about the history of foreign intervention in Afghanistan conveys a mixed message

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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