Alexandra Wilson
Alexandra Wilson is a musicologist, cultural historian and commentator on the arts. She has taught at the Universities of Oxford, Birmingham and Newcastle, the Open University and Oxford Brookes, and currently holds a Research Residency at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She tweets at @amwilson_opera
Excellence for everyone
What does the BBC have against classical music?
The death of a music shop
We shouldn’t accept the decline of the high street
Beef stew
Drake might be literally alive, but in terms of reputation, this was a murder
The problem with precarity
Professional insecurity is harming workers and institutions alike
Earworms — some Profane, mostly Sacred
Hymns can be as catchy as popular music
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”