Joe Baron
Joe Baron is a teacher and writer.
Sport, strength and pseudo-feminism
We should expose the emptiness of femininity compared to femaleness
The vindication of Cass
An attempt to overturn restrictions on providing puberty blockers has failed
In defence of hereditary peers
We should preserve Britain’s magical eccentricity
Still-sparkling gems of an annus mirabilis
Tried and tested novels overlooked in our neophilic rush to the new and wanting
Composed and electrifying
Klaus Tennstedt: The Radio Broadcasts (Doremi, 4CDs)
Great big rain showers
C Schumann/Grieg: Piano concertos (Signum)
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Indulgent Italian treats
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete string quartets (Naxos)
Twilight of the gods
The eclipse of the gilded 1980s generation can be seen as a welcome changing of the guard