Schubert à la mould
Prize-winning pianism curdles into self-regard
Small chips off an old block
Soulima Stravinsky (Nimbus)
Bird man of Finland
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus arcticus/Hugo Alfven: Gustav II Adolf (Chandos)
Anything you can do …
Mendelssohn, Enescu: Octets (Erato)
A centenary to celebrate
Ida Haendel: Violin Concertos (ICA Classics)
Album of the Year
Arvo Pärt: And I heard a voice
Emotional restraint
Josef Bohuslav Foerster: 2nd symphony; Cyrano de Bergerac (Naxos)
Searching for the funny notes
Dmitri Shostakovich: Premiere recordings (Naxos)
The year the mob called the tune
So much political meddling in music and so little resistance
A cornucopia of surprises
Anna Fedorova: Liberté (Channel Classics)
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?