David Cotter
David Cotter is an academic and musician, lecturing and performing on the international stage. He tweets at @DavidCotter1994
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
Indulgent Italian treats
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete string quartets (Naxos)
Will Labour build back better?
The most conspicuous monuments of the last decade are the vast online shopping warehouses
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Confessions of a left-wing Pope
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act