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
Death by red tape
“Soft cancellation” is the preferred tool of institutionalised censoriousness
It should have been Jezza
A neutral and unbiased guide to persecuting the problematic
How cinemas can save themselves
Watching films at the cinema should be a communal experience
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
Only Joe Biden can save America
He needs to keep reminding the American public that unless they vote for him they are evil and racist
Corporations can become communities
Canary Wharf’s 8 Canada Square should be humanised
The spectre of dissent
Authoritarian impulses have taken root in the British state, as Keir Starmer continues to crack down on speech online
Boiling the British frog
Decline is a process, not a moment
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
Itchen for fishing
Good fishing, books and beer remind us that not everything is awful
Cheap at the price
Political donations are the highest grossing investments you’ll ever make
