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
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
The secrets of familial suffering
Recovering from the burden of generational pain can be a private act
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
The greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
Against Britain’s two-tier policing
Street preachers should not be arrested for offending people
The cowards, the pretenders and the woman-haters
Awkwardness is no excuse for not supporting the gender-critical cause