Bruckner: Anton … and on
Bruckner and the German soul
A conviction singer who convinces
Folk Songs: Magdalena Kozena/Simon Rattle (Pentatone)
A world in transition
Valentin Bibik: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Indésens)
A Wodehousian pick-me-up
Noel Coward and Friends: A Marvellous Party (Signum Classics)
Christmas, irresistibly
Lise Davidsen: Christmas from Norway (Decca)/Miracle of Miracles (Cedille)
Notes of promise
Bruce Liu: Waves (Deutsche Grammophon)
Have I seen the future of music?
On a performance in three dimensions for all five senses
A giant dipper of delights
BBC Legends Volume 4 (ICA Classics)
A celebration of redemption
Handel: Israel in Egypt (Avie)
Over-simplified and underpowered
Shostakovich symphonies 2, 3, 12, 13 (DG)
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
So many voters got it wrong
The ignorant masses have betrayed democracy
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Centre for a vassal state
Why is a think tank dedicated to “Inclusive Trade” trying to tie the UK to EU imports?
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
