Life and Lives
When this column discusses democracy, it is usually to argue that our elective oligarchy bears no relation to it at all; that there is nothing wrong with elective oligarchy, except calling it something it transparently is not; but why not try real, i.e. ancient Athenian, democracy for a change when the chance arises?
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Arts
Flaunting corruption
Leaving
Archa Theatre, Prague
Festival frugalities
Deep Cut
Traverse
Jidariyya
Royal Lyceum
4.48 Psychosis
King’s Theatre
Eco-Friendly Jihad
Underbelly
Please Don’t Feed The Models
Underbelly
Scaramouche Jones
Assembly Rooms
Absolution
Assembly Rooms
Books
Life and Letters
Allan Massie remembers Simon Gray (1936-2008)
The great deception continues
Out of Mao’s Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of New China by Philip Pan
Style & Travel
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