David Conway
David Conway is a music historian, academic and writer, and chairman of the Hampstead Garden Opera.
A tale of two tribes
The diverging fates of Central Europe’s Roma and Jewish musicians
Interview: Semyon Bychkov on Ukraine and nationhood
He discusses exile, the horrors of totalitarianism and why Russophobia is not the answer
Fear and favour
Are the police guilty of a “two tier” approach? They are if their own “Police Race Action Plan” is to be believed
Collapse of the cordon sanitaire
The success of nationalists is shaking European politics
Illicit fun
Jonathan Leibowitz: Eastern Reflections (Delphian)
Plague and progress
In the 17th century, disease drove social and urban change in England
Israel off the leash
For Benjamin Netanyahu, continuing the war is a matter of political survival, and he goes to America to raise support, not to listen to calls for peace
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
A bore film
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is not just ahistorical, it is dull
Lawless and disordered
British police and courts increasingly struggle to maintain public order
Hungary: treading a fine line
Can it stay equidistant from the great powers while maintaining trade connectivity?
Artificially Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material is not a victimless crime
The often-raised theory that AI-CSAM is harmless or can even make children safer, must be quashed