Storylines
Tom Chesshyre finds hidden tales on the platforms
Rail tracks
Tom Chesshyre on songs and poetry inspired by trains
All aboard!
Tom Chesshyre picks his favourite British railways
Well, well, well
The amazing discovery of a thousand Orvieto pots in a water shaft
Unpacking neurodivergence and gender identity
Neurodivergent teenagers are in danger of having their struggles miscategorised
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Portugal must be more than an EU vassal
As elections approach, can Portugal break the stultifying hold of a progressive, big state worldview?
Cancel the train drivers
Brexiteers, transphobes, racists and right-wingers — but I repeat myself
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
