
Read or Disappear: Europe’s Crisis of the Written Word
Reading books has lost its appeal for the younger generations, making it difficult to pass on the cultural values that made the Old Continent great.
Reading books has lost its appeal for the younger generations, making it difficult to pass on the cultural values that made the Old Continent great.
Today’s iconoclasts seek little more than a photograph in the newspaper, if not a prison sentence—think of the media-ready antics of Just Stop Oil, throwing soup on Van Gogh or spraying Stonehenge with orange paint. Any attention they might lend to their cause is smothered in a self-serving narcissistic love of the image of themselves performing destruction.
A linguistic quirk reveals a deeper cultural drift towards self-obsession.
From subpar production to uninspired performances, this Tosca revival misfired.
To say Netrebko is a star is a marked understatement.
Banalysis was published in the shadow of the tsunami of stupidity that became the ‘pandemic’ and all that ensued. It did not get the attention it deserved then. It deserves to be read now.
It is man’s nature to make art of nature.
Chilcott’s Christmas Oratorio seems old and yet new, traditional and yet contemporary.
The Political Network for Values summit saw the launch of the “Madrid Commitment” to advance dignity, family, and cultural renewal.
Let’s not let wine be ‘great-replaced’ by cannabis and tequila: it is a matter of civilisation!