Alexandra Coghlan
Alexandra Coghlan is a classical music journalist. She tweets at @AlexaCoghlan
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
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
The definitive Brexit book—for now
Shipman captures the compelling drama of Britain’s greatest peacetime political crisis since the People’s Budget
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
Fear and loving
Cricket in the West Indies has not been the same since the loss of Malcolm Marshall
Only abortion is like abortion
Don’t tack on abortion to create an impression of progressive goodness