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
Land of fire and blood
The detours, if at times distracting, are worth the price of this historical journey
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Season’s bleatings
Christmas is almost here, but our MPs are not in the festive spirit
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
