Dishonest Abe
He is revered as the man who freed US slaves. Yet he never intended to do so and it was he who forced a war for the Union
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Cello Concerto (CPO)
If Norman Lebrecht goes a month without hearing Weinberg he feels the loss
A grim chorus of philistines
Rishi’s £1.57 Billion handout to the arts sector is the last good news it’ll ever hear, says Robert Thicknesse
It is high time to modernise our education system
We don’t need a revolution in education, just give kids more choice
Social media giants are platforms, not publishers
Conservatives who dislike Twitter’s politics shouldn’t make things worse
Is a deal any closer?
There is movement on everything, except the fundamentals
The myth of Scotland’s Covid superiority
Scottish Government advisers are using misleading data to promote Scottish exceptionalism
IDS: challenges to Huawei’s leeway “in play”
The former Conservative leader gives a damning assessment of the lack of strategic analysis of Chinese methods
A little too mature
In Brideshead, the overriding feeling is that surely the punchline is to come. It never does
Shifting the goalposts?
Will the Internal Market Bill breach the Withdrawal Agreement?
Keeping the lid on the BBC
Dissident voices are not being heard on the BBC, writes Robin Aitken