A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
In praise of the proper winter coat
We have nothing to lose but our puffer jackets
In praise of the middlebrow
Sometimes, a television show really does deserve the hype
The movies’ maestro
Hollywood’s most well-known tunesmith now has a doorstopper biography
A discipline in danger
Universities should not respond to funding crises by axeing the arts
With friends like these …
Opera’s wild vicissitudes of fortune under both Labour and the Conservatives
The pitfalls of peer review
The supposed gold standard for academic rigour can be nothing of the kind
Keeping music alive during the Blitz
Pianist Myra Hess brought classical music to the rubble of wartime London
There is nothing good about graffiti
We should have no tolerance for people who make our public spaces uglier
In praise of the lecture
Face-to-face lectures can be far more illuminating than a mere video
