The soullessness of “social mobility”
Underprivileged young people need culture, not just “skills”
Katharine Birbalsingh is wrong about religion in schools
Education should prepare us for the good life, not just good grades
Critic election day special — William Clouston
We look at one of the election’s untold stories — the emergence of a revived SDP
Farage bursts the green bubble
Nigel Farage is right about the unrestrained pursuit of Net Zero
Well-behaved Beethoven
Beethoven: Triple concerto and British folksongs (Decca)
Peers but not equals
Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies 1&2 (Ondine); Franz Clement: Solo violin works (Naxos)
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
California dreaming
The delight of discovering an affordable California blend
Bedlam bingo
Sex, death, sado-masochism and blasphemy in a heady cocktail
Commonwealth citizens should not be allowed to vote
Newly arrived non-citizens being allowed to vote makes a farce of British democracy
Old man shouts at Trump
The US Presidential debate was a tragicomic spectacle
How I came to live in Looking-Glass House
How it feels to be exiled over political disagreement
Nature neglected
In this election green policy only get airtime when it can be linked to jobs
