Some very healthy early music canaries
Helen Charlston & Toby Carr; Siglo de Oro (LFBM, St John’s, Smith Sq)
Pomp and circumstance
A Venetian Coronation, The Gabrieli Consort, St John’s Smith Square
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
