Remembering Brian Micklethwait
The man who made libertarianism fun
Singing lessons
Spare us the social justice preaching
Should prostitution be available on prescription?
The unlikely — and sinister — teaming of the sex trade and disability rights
Amis at 100: a master satirist without honour
It’s time to appreciate Kingsley Amis — flaws and all
The ideology that refuses to die
US neoconservatism is enjoying an unmerited afterlife in the UK
Armageddon: a win for social justice
Destroying the planet would be an act of white supremacy — but there are some advantages
Metamorphosen (Chandos)
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London reinterpret Metamorphosen chillingly as elegy
Pulsating panorama of a complex decade
A new history of the Interregnum rescues this forgotten period of history from oblivion
Harrison Birtwistle: Chamber works (BIS)
The British composer — still writing at 87 years of age — is an acquired taste
The first post-modern war
The Falklands conflict was no imperialist throwback
Allan Pettersson: Barefoot songs (BIS)
Sweden scorned the composer who could have been its greatest
Are U.S. sports actually superior to ours?
Sport is another thing to confirm the notion of American exceptionalism