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
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
A real education
We need a revolution in the way we teach, the curriculum, extracurriculars and funding
Royals in an online age
Can the royal mystique survive the glare of modern media?
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism