Jonathan Gaisman
Jonathan Gaisman is a QC practising in commercial law, and a writer on cultural and other topics
Brahms: sublime genius on a major scale
Forget the sneering of Benjamin Britten, for whom Brahms’s music was “ugly and foul”, the German composer and pianist was a virtuoso talent whose best works burn with volcanic passion and seriousness of purpose
The sound of love
Robert Schumann expresses the intense passion and despair of true love better than any other composer
Yachts wrong with the world
Donald Trump, whiteness, superyachts and other evils
Trouble in Toryland
The Conservative Party is in deep trouble, and headed towards a probable post-defeat leadership battle
45 seconds to midnight
Say what you will of nuclear war but at least, unlike this election, it’s mercifully brief
British lessons for Canadian politics
What can the experiences of the Labour Party teach Pierre Poilievre?
Are you there God? It’s me, Farage
Nigel Farage bares his soul, but not before he buries his enemies
A very innocent man
Donald Trump is innocent squared. He never does, or is, anything by halves
Can criminals be judges?
Freemasons, extremists, even members of the Garrick Club can be appointed to the bench
Eyes on the prizes — and the surprises
Every literary season has a book that comes from nowhere and seems to gallop ahead of the competition
The ghosts of Tory past
The Conservatives are haunted by the spirits of the last two decades
Slaying gay culture
How trans activists took over the once worthy gay rights struggle
California dreaming
The delight of discovering an affordable California blend